Category: 1870 Fleets
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….
Danmark (1864)
Søværnet: Armoured Frigate (1862-1907) The HDMS Danmark was yet another example of the warships purchased by the Confederacy in France…
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…
Sagunto (1869)
Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1877-1987) Sagunto was a wooden-hulled Armada Real armored frigate ordered as a ship of the line back…
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…
SMS König Wilhelm
Prussian Navy – Ironclad 1869-1921 SMS König Wilhelm or “King William” was an armored frigate ordered by the Prussian Navy and…
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,…
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…
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…
HMS Captain (1869)
United Kingdom: 1865-1869 Masted Turret Ironclad RN oddballs, second entry, HMS Captain. She was probably one of the most infamous…
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