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- 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 or 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
- 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
- When Ironclads Clashed: How Hampton Roads Changed Naval . . .
On March 9, 1862, the ironclad warships USS Monitor and CSS Virginia squared off in the most influential naval battle of the Civil War In early 1862, the Union and the Confederacy were locked in
- 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
- American Civil War Ironclads - War History
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
- Ironclads - NCpedia
Ironclads were warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot and shell by virtue of their iron-armored wooden hulls Other names for these ships include rams, armorclads, iron gophers, iron elephants, iron coffins, turtle-backs, and mud-crushers
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