Old Ironsides may refer to:
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Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...
(1599–1658), English general, Lord Protector and politician whose nickname was "Old Ironsides"
* , a 100-gun Royal Navy first rate ship-of-the-line active during the American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars
* , a 44-gun United States Navy frigate, still in commission
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1st Armored Division, an armored division of the United States Army
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Norman Keith Collins (aka Sailor Jerry), "Old Ironsides" was his nickname on his radio show
Other uses
* "Old Ironsides", an article by
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century, whose historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries brought h ...
published posthumously in 1853
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''Old Ironsides'' (album), by hip-hop duo Mars ILL
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''Old Ironsides'' (film), a 1926 film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Beery
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Old Ironsides (locomotive)
Matthias William Baldwin (December 10, 1795 – September 7, 1866) was an American inventor and machinery manufacturer, specializing in the production of steam locomotives. Baldwin's small machine shop, established in 1825, grew to become Bal ...
, the first locomotive built by Matthias W. Baldwin
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"Old Ironsides" (poem), an 1830 poem written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. as a tribute to the USS ''Constitution''
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Old Ironsides (trophy), a college football rivalry
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Old Ironsides (VTA)
Old Ironsides station is a light rail station in Santa Clara, California operated by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) as part of the VTA Light Rail system. Old Ironsides is served by the Orange Line and is the northern term ...
, a light rail station in Santa Clara California
See also
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USS ''New Ironsides''
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Ironside (disambiguation)
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