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From the launching of La Gloire to the emergence of modern turreted battleships in 1875, this book offers a fascinating insight into Continental Europe's innovative and powerful ironclads.
In November 1859, the French "ironclad" La Gloire was launched in Toulon. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad--a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. While history best remembers the ironclads of the American Civil War, these warships were mere toys compared to the iron-plated leviathans in contemporary European navies. Other European powers, not wanting to be outdone, launched their own ironclads, then the most powerful warships in the world. Together they embodied the startling technological advances of the late 19th century, and the spirit of this new age of steam, iron, and firepower.
Download PDF European Ironclads 186075 The Gloire sparks the great ironclad arms race New Vanguard Angus Konstam Paul Wright 9781472826763 Books
"The French warship Gloire was launched in 1859, featuring a wooden hull protected by iron plates. The existing world of wooden warships, dominated by Britain's Royal Navy, was suddenly obsolete. Gloire triggered an arms race in ironclad ships, and a revolution in naval design.
Veteran naval historian Angus Konstam does the honors in this Osprey New Vanguard Series book. The race to build ironclad ships took slightly different paths among the European naval powers, many of whom were constrained by lack of funds and/or shipyard capacity. Nevertheless, every European state with a serious navy attempted to field ironclads. A continuing design revolution would eventually see the ironclads replaced by all-metal warships, but not before at least one major European naval action involving ironclads. The text includes lots of period photographs and modern illustrations, along with technical details. Well recommended as a concise introduction to students of naval history."
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- The French warship Gloire was launched in 1859, featuring a wooden hull protected by iron plates. The existing world of wooden warships, dominated by Britain's Royal Navy, was suddenly obsolete. Gloire triggered an arms race in ironclad ships, and a revolution in naval design.
Veteran naval historian Angus Konstam does the honors in this Osprey New Vanguard Series book. The race to build ironclad ships took slightly different paths among the European naval powers, many of whom were constrained by lack of funds and/or shipyard capacity. Nevertheless, every European state with a serious navy attempted to field ironclads. A continuing design revolution would eventually see the ironclads replaced by all-metal warships, but not before at least one major European naval action involving ironclads. The text includes lots of period photographs and modern illustrations, along with technical details. Well recommended as a concise introduction to students of naval history. - thank you
