ironclad ships
Metal-plated naval craft
Ironclad ships were warships of the mid-to-late 19th century armored with iron or steel plates over wooden hulls.
They marked the transition from wooden sailing vessels to modern steel warships.
The term now applies figuratively to anything heavily protected or unassailable: an ironclad contract, ironclad guarantees.
The adjective ironclad carries this sense of being impossible to break or challenge.
- MerrimackCivil War ironclad
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- gun turretRotating mounted weapon platform
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
armor plating · steam · steam power · Monitor · blockade · naval warfare · armor · casemate · cannon · gunport · steam engine · deck · dreadnought · coastal defense · cruiser · destroyer · Crimean War · Age of Sail
ironclad shipswooden ships
Vessels built from lumber
wooden warships · ships of the line · wooden hulls · sailing ships · clipper ships
ironclad shipstall ships
Large traditional sailing vessels
galleons · Viking longships · sailing ships · square-riggers · ships of the line