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CSS Virginia
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CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War. She was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the raz
CSS Virginia
CSS Virginia
Display showing 4 inches (102 mm) of iron armor backed by 24 inches (610 mm) of wood
Display showing 4 inches (102 mm) of iron armor backed by 24 inches (610 mm) of wood
Merrimack is rebuilt into Virginia
Merrimack is rebuilt into Virginia
Chromolithograph depicting the Battle of Hampton Roads
Chromolithograph depicting the Battle of Hampton Roads
Ironclad warship
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An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to e
CSS Virginia
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HMS Warrior (1860), one of the last surviving ironclad ships.
HMS Warrior (1860), one of the last surviving ironclad ships.
Napoléon (1850), the first steam battleship
Napoléon (1850), the first steam battleship
A Paixhans naval shell gun. 1860 engraving
A Paixhans naval shell gun. 1860 engraving
French Navy ironclad floating battery Lave, 1854. This ironclad, together with the similar Tonnante and Dévastation, vanquished Russian land batteries
French Navy ironclad floating battery Lave, 1854. This ironclad, together with the similar Tonnante and Dévastation, vanquished Russian land batteries at the Battle of Kinburn (1855).