1870 Fleets – Page 2

Re d’Italia class Ironclads (1863)

22 November 2023 by admin7126

Italian Regia Marina, US Built 1861-1875: Re d’Italia, Re di Portogallo The Re d’Italia class were two ironclad warships built for the Italian Regia Marina in emergency, built in the United States based on plans of the French ironclad Gloire and with an original battery on a single deck of thirty-eight broadside main guns, belt … Read more

IJN Ryūjō (1869)

24 August 2023 by admin7126

Japanese Ironclad 1869-1908. The first large sea-going Japanese Ironclad A controversial origin Ryūjō (龍驤, Prancing Dragon), was a British-built ironclad corvette purchased on behalf of a Japanese daimyo (clan lord) in 1870, who donated her to the fledgling IJN shortly after receiving her. She became thus the largest ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, shortly … Read more