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The Chilean Blanco Encalada (1875) was the first ironclad warship sunk by a self-propelled torpedo in 1891. [2] Central battery armored frigates. Almirante Cochrane class. Almirante Cochrane (1874) - alienated in 1933; Blanco Encalada (1875) - sunk in 1891 in the Battle of Caldera Bay, during Chilean Civil War of 1891; Ironclad turret ship
This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners , steamboats , and privateers which contributed to the war efforts by the CSN.
The first five of these were ostensibly rebuilds of Civil War era monitors (in much the same way that the 1854 sloop-of-war Constellation was ostensibly a refit of the 1797 sail frigate Constellation). In fact, they were entirely new ships, much larger and more capable than the previous ones. Dates listed are the first commissioning dates ...
Civil War naval ships of the United States include all naval ships designed, built, or operated in the United States during the American Civil War period (approximately 1860 to 1865). Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Besides, Peru was able to deploy two locally built ironclads based on American Civil War designs, [78] Loa (a wooden ship converted into a casemate ironclad) and Victoria (a small monitor armed with a single 68-pdr gun), as well as two British-built ironclads: Independencia, a centre-battery ship, and the turret ship Huáscar.
USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned by the Navy. [a] Monitor played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March under the command of Lieutenant John L. Worden, where she fought the casemate ironclad CSS Virginia (built on the hull of the scuttled steam ...
Pages in category "Ironclad warships of the Confederate States Navy" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Ironclad warships of the Union Navy (7 C, 14 P) Pages in category "Ships of the Union Navy" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 753 total.