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HMS Repulse (1868)
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HMS Repulse was a wooden-hulled, central-battery ironclad built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. She was laid down as a 91-gun, second-rate Bulwark-class ship of the line, but work on the ship was
Right profile of Repulse
Right profile of Repulse
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
HMS Repulse (1868)
…significantly. Guns had gotten bigger and heavier, able to penetrate armour thicker than the 4.5 inches (114 mm) that had sufficed for the pioneering broadside ironclad HMS Warrior in 1860. Armour production had improved with thicker plates now able to be rolled. As a ship could only carry a certain weight of armour…
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).