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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.


See also

* Cottonclad warship *
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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