Posted in 1870 Royal Navy

HMS Achilles (1863)

Royal Navy Broadside Ironclads built 1861–1864, service until 1956 HMS Achilles was an armoured frigate built at Chatham, designed by…

Posted in 1870 Spanish Armada

Mendez Nunez (1869)

Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1877-1987) Méndez Núñez was a Spanish Navy wooden-hulled armored corvette, converted from the 38-gun screw frigate Resolución….

Posted in 1870 Danish Navy

Danmark (1864)

Søværnet: Armoured Frigate (1862-1907) The HDMS Danmark was yet another example of the warships purchased by the Confederacy in France…

Posted in French 1870 Fleet

Ocean class Ironclad (1868)

France: Océan, Marengo, Suffren, Central Battery Ironclad (1870-1897) The Océan-class were three wooden-hulled armored frigates of the French Navy built…

Posted in 1870 Spanish Armada

Sagunto (1869)

Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1877-1987) Sagunto was a wooden-hulled Armada Real armored frigate ordered as a ship of the line back…

Posted in 1870 Royal Navy

Hector class Ironclad (1862)

Royal Navy Broadside Ironclads: HMS Hector, HMS Valiant 1861–1864, service until 1956 The Hector-class ironclads were armoured frigates (single battery…

Posted in Prussian 1870 Fleet

SMS König Wilhelm

Prussian Navy – Ironclad 1869-1921 SMS König Wilhelm or “King William” was an armored frigate ordered by the Prussian Navy and…

Posted in 1870 Royal Navy

HMS Vesuvius (1874)

United Kingdom: 1874-1923 Experimental torpedo boat HMS Vesuvius was an experimental torpedo-armed warship in service with the British Royal Navy,…

Posted in 1870 Royal Navy

Defence class Ironclad (1860)

Royal Navy Broadside Ironclads: HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince 1859–1862, service until 1902 HMS Defence and Resistance signed a return…

Posted in French 1870 Fleet

Magenta class Broadside Ironclads (1861)

France: Magenta, Solferino 1859-63, Broadside Ironclads (1963-82) Continuing into French 1860s capital ships, after Couronne, the first French all-Iron answer…