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 Warrior (1860), one of the last surviving ironclad ships.
Napoléon (1850), the first steam battleship
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 at the Battle of Kinburn (1855).
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
Plan of HMS Alexandra
24 cm gun model 1884 in an ironclad
Central battery ironclad of the Royal Navy at anchor, ca.1860