A breastwork monitor was a modification of the monitor, a warship which was first built in the United States in 1861, designed by John Ericsson and distinguished...
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served as coastal ships. The term also encompassed more flexible breastwork monitors, and was sometimes used as a generic term for any turreted ship....
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USS Monitor Breastwork monitor, a type of turret ship with a raised superstructure and higher freeboard than the first monitors List of breastwork monitors...
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The breastwork monitor was developed during the 1860s by Sir Edward Reed, Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy, as an improvement of the basic monitor design...
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The Cerberus-class breastwork monitor was a pair of breastwork monitors built for the Royal Navy in the 1860s. Also referred to as "ironclads" and "turret...
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including river monitors, and they played key roles in Civil War battles on the Mississippi and James Rivers. The breastwork monitor was developed during...
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breastwork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breastwork may mean: Breastwork (fortification), a temporary military fortification Breastwork monitor...
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they were commissioned in the early 1860s. HMVS Cerberus, the first breastwork monitor, was launched in 1868, followed in 1871 by HMS Devastation, a turreted...
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HMVS Cerberus (category Cerberus-class monitors of the Royal Australian Navy)
HMVS Cerberus (Her Majesty's Victorian Ship) is a breastwork monitor that served in the Victoria Naval Forces, the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF), and...
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mount the heaviest weapons. The name originated from the US Navy's USS Monitor, which made her first appearance in the American Civil War, and being distinguished...
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HMS Glatton (1871) (category Monitors of the Royal Navy)
HMS Glatton was a breastwork monitor which served in the Victorian Royal Navy. She was designed by Sir Edward Reed to a specific formula determined by...
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ship Breastwork monitor Capital ship Drone carrier Flagship Floating battery Guard ship Littoral combat ship Monitor Mother ship River monitor Training...
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Minesweeper Gunboat Riverine gunboat Dock landing ship Monitor Breastwork monitor Riverine monitor Technical research ship Self defense test ship Self-propelled...
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'coast-defense battleships', starting with the Devastation class. These 'breastwork monitors' were markedly different from the other high-seas ironclads of the...
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transporter 1922, beached off Gotland, 8 Dec 1929 Abyssinia 1870-02-19 Breastwork monitor Royal Indian Navy For harbour defence of Bombay Achilles 1863-12-23...
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rely upon a landing signal officer (LSO, radio call sign 'paddles') to monitor the aircraft's approach, visually gauge glideslope, attitude, and airspeed...
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ship Breastwork monitor Capital ship Drone carrier Flagship Floating battery Guard ship Littoral combat ship Monitor Mother ship River monitor Training...
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ship Breastwork monitor Capital ship Drone carrier Flagship Floating battery Guard ship Littoral combat ship Monitor Mother ship River monitor Training...
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River monitor, a type of monitors used in rivers. Breastwork monitor was a modification of the monitor by Sir Edward Reed of the Royal Navy. Naval trawlers...
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ship Breastwork monitor Capital ship Drone carrier Flagship Floating battery Guard ship Littoral combat ship Monitor Mother ship River monitor Training...
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ship Breastwork monitor Capital ship Drone carrier Flagship Floating battery Guard ship Littoral combat ship Monitor Mother ship River monitor Training...
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