Tag: ironclad
HNoms Thor was built for the Norwegian navy in 181, whilst Norway was still part of Sweden. The Thor was an improvement over the Skorpionen class of monitors being wider, and carrying overall more armour with 7 inches (177.8mm) of deck armour and 14 inches (355mm) of turret armour. Her career was largely uneventful, with…
The Spanish Ironclad Pelayo was an ironclad battleship of the Spanish Armada, built in 1887 by the French after 3 years of construction. She would be presen for the Spanish American war, but ultimately did not openly enguage in the conflict, and was present for the outbreak of ww1, remaining as a training ship until…
Delphines Union is a pre-dreadnought style coastal defence ship, taking much of its design influence from French ships of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The ships itself features 6 – 200mm guns and a small battery of 120mm and 47mm guns scattered around the ship. The ship operates whithin the Melisian archipelago and protects…