Ironclad Collection

USS Monitor and CSS Virginia ironclad naval battle
Terrific Engagement Between the USS Monitor with 2 Guns, and the CSS Virginia (aka Merrimac) with 10 Guns, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862. The First Fight between Ironclad ships of War

The Battle of Pacocha; Action between HMS Shah and Ameth
Engraving showing the battle between HMS Shah and Amethyst and the Peruvian Ironclad turret ship Huascar on the 29th May 1877

Ironclads in stormy weather. The behaviour of large ironclad warships in rough weather at sea is an important consideration for the British Royal Navy. Date: 1889

Defence Class Ironclad Warship on the River Mersey Victorian period

Illumination of the Grand Canal, Venice
The illumination of the Grand Canal in Venice, in honour of the launch of the new ironclad (warship) Francesco Morosini'. Date: 1885

The launch of the ironclad ship HMS Alexandra by Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) 7th April 1875. 7th April 1875

The ironclad ship HMS Alexandra
The launch of the ironclad ship HMS Alexandra, 7th April 1875. 7th April 1875

H. M.s Sultan, largest ironclad afloat 1870
Since the launch of H.M.S Sultan, seven months ago, she was fitted out and is quite ready for sea, carrying twelve heavy guns and her engines were of 1200-horse power. Date: 1870

Floating H. M.s Sultan out of dock 1870
Launch of H.M.S Sultan of Her Majestys ship Sultan, at Chatham Dockyard with crowds watching, most powerful ironclad afloat (at the time). Date: 1870

CHILE CIVIL WAR 1891
The bombardment of Iquique during the civil war in Chile. Date: 1891

Launch of Her Majestys Ironclad Frigate at Devonport Date: 1863

HMS Collingwood, battleship, on a Victorian scrap
HMS Collingwood, ironclad battleship, on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

HMS Monmouth
Built in 1901, the sixth HMS Monmouth of the British Royal Navy was the lead ship of a class of armoured cruisers of 9, 800 tons displacement. She was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914

A Royal Navy Ship Waving Goodbye to Japan, 1890
Engraving showing the Officers and men (background) of a Royal Navy Warship waving goodbye to Japan and various well-wishers in small junks

The Pacific War. Battle of Iquique. The Chilean corvette Esmeralda is sunk by the Peruvian ironclad Huascar on May 21, 1879. Colored engraving

GLOIRE
French ironclad frigate Date: 1859

Naval Ironclad - Funny Italian card - Formidable prostitute
Corazzata - La Marina Militaire - A Naval Ironclad ! Humorous Italian Postcard of a Formidable woman available at a certain price... Date: circa 1907

Thessaloniki, Greece - Open Air Theatre - Military Hospital
Salonika campaign (1915-18). Thessaloniki, Greece - Open Air Theatre - Military Hospital. The Band is provided by the crew of the French Navy Ironclad vessel Patrie, part of the Anglo-French force

US ironclad gunboat Essex. Photo shows the USS Essex, launched in 1856 as the New Era and acquired druing the American Civil War by the US Army in 1861 for the Western Gunboat Flotilla

HMS Minotaur at Gibraltar, c. 1880. c. 1880

James River, Va. Effect of Confederate shot on Federal Ironclad GALENA. Date 1862

Ottoman warship Mesudiye, WW1
The Ottoman ironclad warship Mesudiye, launched 1874, rebuilt as a pre-dreadnought vessel in 1903, served during the early part of the First World War, sunk by a British submarine in December 1914

Shorthorn Bull Ironclad
A shorthorn bull, Ironclad, standing at a gate. Date: 1899

Naval Steamship - Charles Robinson
One of the Men-O -War that " guard our shores"

Gun-Drill on Board the Turkish Ironclad Messoudieh, 1876
Engraving showing Turkish seamen loading a shell into their gun on board the warship Messoudieh, Constantinople, 1876

The civil war in America. Confederate ships in battle
The ironclad frigate New Ironsides and two Ericsson batteries going into action at Charleston

Federal Ironclad Keokuk off Charleston Harbor, 1863
Engraving showing the Federal ironclad Keokuk and other battered vessels after their attack on the Confederate held Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbour

The Bridge of a British Ironclad
Engraving showing the Bridge of a British Ironclad, with several officers on watch and the signal flags in use behind them

Foudroyant Warship
FOUDROYANT French ironclad ship used to bombard the fort of Kinburn during the Crimean War

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