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A timberclad warship is a kind of mid 19th century river gunboat.
They were based upon a similar design as
Civil War Warship Types
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A timberclad warship is a kind of mid 19th century river gunboat.
They were based upon a similar design as ironclad warship
An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to explosive or incendiary shells. T ...
s but had timber in place of iron to act as ablative armour.
See also
*Cottonclad warship
Cottonclads were a classification of steam-powered warships where a wooden ship was protected from enemy fire by bales of cotton lining its sides. Cottonclads were prevalent during the American Civil War, particularly in the Confederate States Navy ...
*Battle of Fort Henry
The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in Stewart County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater.
On February 4 and ...
* USS ''Conestoga'' (1861)
* USS ''Essex'' (1856)
* USS ''Lexington'' (1861)
* USS ''Tyler'' (1857)
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