Yorktown-class gunboat
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The Yorktown class was a class of three steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats built for the United States Navy beginning in 1887. All three ships of the class were named after cities near American Revolut
USS Yorktown, the lead ship of the Yorktown class
After her commissioning, Yorktown (second from left) was a member of the United States Navy's Squadron of Evolution.
Concord in San Francisco Bay, c. 1890s
Bennington after her boiler explosion in July 1905 at San Diego
Gunboat
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A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying
Yorktown-class gunboat
…The Yorktown class was a class of three steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats built for the United States Navy beginning in 1887. All three ships of the class were named after cities near American Revolutionary War battles. The…
A Bramble-class gunboat, built for the Royal Navy in 1886
A model of a type of decked "gun yawl" designed by Fredrik Henrik af Chapman and used by the Swedish archipelago fleet
The screw gunboat USS Alliance, circa 1880
Insect-class HMS Ladybird (with larger-calibre guns installed in 1939)