HMS Bellerophon (1865)
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HMS Bellerophon was a central battery ironclad built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s.
HMS Bellerophon as she appeared when completed in 1866.
Right elevation drawing. The shaded areas represent the ship's armour.
Cutaway view of Bellerophon's trunk engine
Bellerophon's officers at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, while with the North America and West Indies Squadron, circa. 1889–1892
Central battery ship
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The central battery ship, also known as a centre battery ship in the United Kingdom and as a casemate ship in European continental navies, was a development of the broadside ironclad of the 1860s, giv
HMS Bellerophon (1865)
…HMS Bellerophon was a central battery ironclad built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s. In this ship, designed by Sir Edward Reed, the power-to-weight ratio was increased; the long rows of guns…
24 cm gun model 1884 in an ironclad
Central battery ironclad of the Royal Navy at anchor, ca.1860