The French ironclad Gloire ([ɡlwaʁ], "Glory") was the first ocean-going ironclad, launched in 1859. She was developed after the Crimean War, in response...

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...

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...

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...

wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. The first ironclad battleship, Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in November 1859, narrowly preempting...

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...

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...

first ironclad battleship, La Gloire, was launched by the French Navy in November 1859. It was followed by the British Warrior-class ironclad. Russia...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

and subsequently scrapped. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...

and subsequently scrapped. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...

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...

scrapped the following year. The Provence class was designed as an enlarged version of the Gloire-class ironclads with thicker armor, more powerful guns...

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...

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...

class, were small broadside ironclads ordered from France and built to French designs. These were followed by the three Principe di Carignano-class ironclad...