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The first battle between ironclads: CSS Virginia (left) vs. USS Monitor, in the March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s.
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 ...
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 battle was significant in that it was the first combat between ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. The Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia (built from remnants of the burned steam frigate USS Merrimack, the newest warship of the Union Navy) and several supporting vessels. On the first day of battle ...
Tonnante was a Dévastation-class ironclad floating battery of the French Navy that served during the 19th century. The Dévastation class were designed in response to the needs of the Crimea War. The ships were armed with sixteen 30-pounder 194 mm (7.6 in) guns and protected by armor belt that was 110 mm (4.3 in) thick. They were underpowered ...
Tempête class, 2nd Class Coastal Battleship, 4.635-4,793 tons. [1] Tempête (1876) – stricken 1907. [1] Vengeur (1878) – stricken 1905. [1] Tonnant (French: Tonnant) (1880) barbette ship 5,010 tons. Originally intended to be similar to Tempête, but redesigned as a small battleship with increased freeboard and a gun at each end in barbettes.
CSS Virginia was the first steam-powered ironclad warship built by the Confederate States Navy during the first year of the American Civil War; she was constructed as a casemate ironclad using the razéed (cut down) original lower hull and engines of the scuttled steam frigate USS Merrimack.
Ironclad warships of the Confederate States Navy (3 C, 31 P) D. Ironclad warships of the Royal Danish Navy (10 P) F. Ironclad warships of the French Navy (14 C, 15 P) G.