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Novara class steam Frigates (1853)

Novara class Steam Frigates (1857) Austro-Hungarian Navy 1843-1900, SMS Novara, Schwarzenberg The Novara class was one of two largely similar,…

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Ironclad “Le Redoutable” (1876)

Le Redoutable, French steel ironclad (1876) France 1873-1910, Central Battery Ironclad The “Le Redoutable” was the world’s first steel-built central…