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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 engine, steam-propelled warship protected by Wrought iron, iron or steel iron armor, armor plates, constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships ...
s but had timber in place of iron to act as ablative armour
Ablative armor is armor which prevents damage through the process of ablation, the removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. In contemporary spacecraft, ablative plating is most fre ...
.
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 a ...
* USS ''Conestoga'' (1861)
* USS ''Essex'' (1856)
* USS ''Lexington'' (1861)
* USS ''Tyler'' (1857)
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