The French ironclad Gloire ([ɡlwaʁ], "Glory") was the first ocean-going ironclad, launched in 1859. She was developed after the Crimean War, in response...
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The Gloire-class ironclads were a group of three wooden-hulled armored frigates built for the French Navy in the late 1850s and early 1860s. Gloire, the...
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The French ironclad Normandie was the third and last of the three wooden-hulled Gloire-class ironclads built for the French Navy in 1858–62. The ships...
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ironclad Invincible was the second of the three wooden-hulled Gloire-class ironclads built for the French Navy in 1858–1862. The ships of the Gloire class...
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wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. The first ironclad battleship, Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in November 1859, narrowly preempting...
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response to an invasion scare sparked by the launch of the French ironclad Gloire and her three sisters in 1858. They were initially armed with a mix...
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yard. The Provence class was designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor,...
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first ironclad battleship, La Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in November 1859. It was followed by the British Warrior-class ironclad. Russia...
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presaged Gloire, the first sea-going ironclad to be built by any navy. Gloire class 5,603 tons. Gloire (1859) – world's first ocean-going ironclad, stricken...
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ram. The Magenta class were two-decked ironclad ships of the line, much as the preceding Gloire-class ironclad were armored versions of traditional frigates...
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ships were built in the United States, and were based on the French ironclad Gloire; they were armed with a battery of thirty-eight guns in a broadside...
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first ironclads to feature a naval ram. The Magenta class was designed by naval architect Henri Dupuy de Lôme as a reply to the low height of the Gloire-class...
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Mediterranean Squadron. The Magenta class were two-decked ironclad ships of the line, much as the preceding Gloire-class ironclad were armored versions of traditional...
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French Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, started a naval arms race between the major European powers. The Austrian Navy began a major ironclad construction...
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Gloire; she was broken up in 1812. Gloire (1811), a 46-gun frigate Gloire (1837), a 52-gun frigate Gloire (1858–1883), the first ocean-going ironclad...
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response to an invasion scare sparked by the launch of the French ironclad Gloire and her three sisters in 1858. They were initially armed with a mix...
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HMS Warrior (1860) (category Warrior-class ironclads)
to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. Warrior conducted a publicity tour of Great Britain in...
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Audenet as an iron-hulled armoured frigate of similar type to the Gloire-class ironclads, although strictly not a sister ship but a unique vessel, Couronne...
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The Erzherzog Ferdinand Max class consisted of a pair of ironclad warships—Erzherzog Ferdinand Max and Habsburg—built for the Austrian Navy in the 1860s...
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line (1824–1869) Couronne (1861), an iron-hulled derivative of the Gloire-class ironclad This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names...
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and was scrapped in 1887. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...
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Naval armour (section First ironclads)
attested in contemporary sources. The first ironclad battleship, with iron armour over a wooden hull, La Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in 1859...
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Battle of Hampton Roads (redirect from Battle of the Ironclads)
build others. In 1860 the French Navy commissioned La Gloire, the world's first ocean-going ironclad warship. Great Britain followed a year later with HMS Warrior...
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and subsequently scrapped. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...
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and subsequently scrapped. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...
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She was scrapped in 1885. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...
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The first ironclad battleship, Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in November 1859. In the March 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads, the ironclad CSS Virginia...
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She was scrapped in 1888. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...
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scrapped the following year. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...
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finally scrapped in 1898. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...
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