Cottonclads were a classification of steam-powered warships where a wooden ship was protected from enemy fire by bales of cotton lining its sides. Cottonclads...

of ship was later replaced by the seaplane carrier. Cottonclad warships were steam-powered warships with bales of cotton lining as armour used in the American...

warships but had timber in place of iron to act as ablative armour. Cottonclad warship Battle of Fort Henry USS Conestoga (1861) USS Essex (1856) USS Lexington...

grouped together under the term "cruiser". See "Cottonclad warship". A type of steam-powered warship, used in the American Civil War, in which a wooden...

schooner, burned to prevent capture. CSS General Beauregard, confederate cottonclad warship. Confederate States Navy This article includes a list of ships with...

Chattanooga. CSS Colonel Lovell  Confederate States Navy 6 June 1862 A cottonclad warship that was rammed by USS Queen of the West and USS Monarch in the First...

Era No. 5 — a shallow-draft steamer built in 1860 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — was chartered by the Confederates early in 1863 to transport corn from...

smaller tenders, who succeeded in an operation to drive superior Union warships out of Galveston Bay. After a brief contest at sea, the USS Harriet Lane...

Marine Department mainly consisted of small vessels, improvised cottonclad warships, and some captured US Navy ships. The Department was instrumental...

CSS Grand Duke, a steamer built at Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1859, was outfitted as a cotton-clad gunboat for service with the Confederate States Army...

enemy vessels. An artillery duel ensued and Smith's two improvised cottonclad warships— the CS Bayou City and CS Neptune—arrived at daybreak on January...

CSS General Earl Van Dorn was a cottonclad warship used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. General Earl Van Dorn was purchased...

James Montgomery and eight cottonclad rams known as the River Defense Fleet, were located off Fort Pillow. The cottonclads were converted civilian vessels...

tenders Lucy Gwinn and the John F. Carr for battle as improvised Cottonclad warships. The Bayou City was outfitted with a single 32-pounder rifled cannon...

armored warship of the 20th and 21st centuries, smaller than a frigate and capable of transoceanic duty. cotchel A partial load. cottonclad A steam-powered...

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paddle steamer Wren, side-wheel steamer Used for river defense, CS Army cottonclads were typically more lightly armored and reinforced than a regular ironclad...

River Defense Fleet. On January 25, 1862, he began to convert her into a cottonclad ram by placing a 4-inch oak sheath with a one-inch iron covering on her...

CSS General Polk was a sidewheel steamer used as a warship by the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Launched in 1852 at New Albany...

the Missouri State Guard. She was equipped with a ram and armored as a cottonclad. General M. Jeff Thompson participated in the Battle of Plum Point Bend...

Louisiana Provisional Navy, General Quitman and Governor Moore. Last were six cottonclad rams of the River Defense Fleet, nominally a part of the Confederate States...

she went." : 73  Battle of Anton Lizardo Silverstone, Paul H. (1989). Warships of the Civil War Navies. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 0-87021-783-6...

received this kind of armor came to be called "cottonclads." The conversion process for the cottonclads reached completion in the month of 16 March to...

 Confederate States Navy American Civil War, First Battle of Memphis: The cottonclad ram sank in the Mississippi River just above Memphis, Tennessee, after...

Printing Office. 1921. Palucka, Tim (2017). "Timberclads, Tinclads, and Cottonclads in the US Civil War". MRS Bulletin. 42 (1): 73. Bibcode:2017MRSBu..42...

ISBN 978-0-918678-30-0. Palucka, Tim (2017). "Timberclads, Tinclads, and Cottonclads in the US Civil War". MRS Bulletin. 42 (1): 73. Bibcode:2017MRSBu..42...

Island No. 10. However, the Confederate forces were augmented by eight cottonclad rams of the River Defense Fleet, and these surprised the bombarding mortar...

a line of battle across the river and firing their rear guns at the cottonclads coming up to meet them. The USS Queen of the West, then quickly steamed...

ISBN 978-0-395-74012-5. Palucka, Tim (2017). "Timberclads, Tinclads, and Cottonclads in the US Civil War". MRS Bulletin. 42 (1): 73. Bibcode:2017MRSBu..42...

CSS General Quitman  Confederate States Navy American Civil War: The cottonclad ram was set afire by gunfire by the steamer USS Varuna ( United States...