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Photo #: NH 59569

"Revolution in Naval Warfare. -- Shot-Proof Iron Steamships."


Article published in "Harper's Weekly", 9 February 1861. It features a discussion (by a British author) of the new ironclads Gloire (French) and Warrior (British), with line engravings of both ships (in the same scale) and a view of Warrior's launching at Blackwall, England, on 29 December 1860.

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12 July 2001