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- There is no clear end to the ironclad period, but toward the end of the 1890s, the term ironclad dropped out of use.
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By the end of the 1850s it was clear that France was unable to match British building of steam warships, and to regain the strategic initiative a dramatic change was required. The result was the first ocean-going ironclad, Gloire, begun in 1857 and launched in 1859.
Mar 9, 2017 · On March 9, 1862, the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia squared off in the most influential naval battle of the Civil War.
This is a list of ironclads of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armour plates. The term battleship was not used by the Admiralty until the early 1880s [citation needed], with the construction of the Colossus class.
Ironclads never had a clear end, but with pre-dreadnought battleships, armoured and protected cruisers and other ships taking over, the term fell out of use in the 1890s and never saw use again to describe a contemporary warship.
Sep 26, 2024 · In the Crimean War (1853–56) the French and British successfully attacked Russian fortifications with “floating batteries,” ironclad barges mounting heavy guns, that were towed into position. The French built the first iron warship, the Gloire , completed in 1859.
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The first battle between steam-powered, ironclad warships had ended in a draw. The USS Monitor and CSS Virginia were not the world's first ironclad ships, but their epic clash at Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, marked a major turning...
Nov 9, 2009 · The Battle of Hampton Roads, fought by the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia in March 1862, marked history's first naval battle between ironclad warships.
