Military triva 1

[MrBill]

what year did the first ironclad go into battle?  Bonus for fielded by whom? against whom?

Good thread(s) jimdandy

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[Jimdandy]

Thx Bill. I'll make a guess. My Civil War knowledge isn't very deep. I will say 1862, the Confederacy against the Union to break the blocked.

[MrBill]

Guess duly noted

Hint US of A was not even a country when it occured

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[RAM]

 

Originally posted by MrBill:
Guess duly noted  

Hint US of A was not even a country when it occured  

Define "ironclad"

an ironclad was a heavy armoured vesser, with very low freeboard and a central cassemate housing the guns. propelled by steam.

If that is the definition then USS Monitor is the answer CSS Merrimack was the second.

IF you simply talk about the first ship with any significant armour fitted, them it was the French Gloire.

But Gloire was a 1858 design, so USA was a nation already.

So, please, define "ironclad"  

[Bluefish]

The French used ironclad "batteries" during the end of the Crimean War, and at least one of them had a steam engine on it.  However, I think that the Koreans actually used an iron-covered warship against the Japanese in the 16th or 17th century; they were called "turtle ships", if memory serves.

[Jay_76]

good question, lemme get home to my tech-history books and I'll have an answer...

Keep em coming!

Jay.

[MrBill]

We Have a winner

1592 korean turtle ships 2 to 8 guns, Iron, armored/clad (they were completly encased in Iron above the waterline).  Repeled a Japeneese invasion fleet and saved the nation.

WTG Bluefish

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