Название: British Ironclads 1860-1875: HMS Warrior and the Royal Navy’s "Black Battlefleet" (Osprey New Vanguard 262)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2018
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 49
Размер: 10 Mb
Язык: English
In November 1859, the French warship La Gloire was launched. 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. Britain, not to be outdone, launched her own ironclad the following year - HMS Warrior - which, when she entered service, became the most powerful warship in the world.