Ironclad warship - Wikipedia 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 explosive and incendiary shells
Ironclad | Civil War, Monitor, Merrimack | Britannica On March 9, 1862, the Monitor and the Merrimack (correctly, the Virginia) fought their historic duel off Hampton Roads, Va , the first battle between ironclads
Civil War Ironclads: An Overview - The Mariners Museum and Park Soon all of the Confederate ironclads in Savannah, Charleston, and Richmond were destroyed as the Confederacy collapsed Few facets of the Civil War more closely reinforce the technology and attrition themes than the war on the water
Clash of the Ironclads - American Battlefield Trust When they met near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Union iron-plated gunboats had already been plying the waters of Western Theater rivers for some weeks But no two such ships had ever faced each other in combat The two vessels each featured innovative design characteristics
Battle of the Ironclads - U. S. National Park Service On March 9, 1862, one of the most famous naval battles in American history occurred as two ironclads, the U S S Monitor and the C S S Virginia fought to a draw off Hampton Roads, Virginia
Civil War Ironclads: Topics in Chronicling America - Library of Congress In 1861, Ironclads were created and deployed to the naval battlefields to destroy wooden ships This guide provides access to material related to "Civil War Ironclads" in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers
Ironclads · Civil War · Digital Exhibits The Monitor had arrived and the first Battle of the Ironclads commenced After shelling one another for four hours and unable to sink the other, they retired, each thinking they had won the battle
ironclad ships : The Great War Vessels of Naval History Union ironclads were very different from their Confederate counterparts The former ships were used to attack Confederate walls and were therefore always moving in the river, while the latter ships were used on riverbanks to prevent Union forces from attacking walls or ships
American Civil War Ironclads - warhistory. org On 19 April Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of the 3,500 miles of Confederate coastline Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles launched a major construction program, which included ironclads Washington also purchased civilian ships of all types, many of them steamers, for blockade duty