European Ironclads 1860-75: The Gloire Sparks the Great Ironclad Arms Race

by Angus Konstam

From the launching of La Gloire to the emergence of modern turreted battleships in 1875, this book offers a fascinating insight into Continental Europe's innovative and powerful ironclads.

In November 1859, the French "ironclad" La Gloire was launched in Toulon. She was the world's first seagoing ironclad--a warship built from wood, but whose hull was clad in a protective layer of iron plate. While history best remembers the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472826760
• ISBN13: 9781472826763
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.7"