Category: 1860 fleets
SMS Herzerzog and Novara steam corvettes (1857)
Erzherzog Friedrich class Steam Frigates Austrian Steam Corvettes (1857) Design of the Erzherzog Friedrich Class The construction of these wooden…
SMS Kaiser (1858)
The ship of the line turned ironclad Austrian Navy, 1858-1920 SMS Kaiser, Austria’s “wooden battleship”. First article for the 1860…
Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: October 23, 2020
Gloire (1859)
The world’s first ironclad France 1858-1880, Broadside Ironclad Origin of the ironclad concept The naval staff under the 2nd French…
Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: January 2, 2019
Union Navy 1861-65
THE UNION NAVY (“OLD NAVY”) The goal of this chapter is not to portray every single ship featured during the…