Saturday 24 July 2010
Floating Batteries
Ironclads developed during the Crimean War to use against the Baltic forts like Kronstadt. Their development partly caused the Russians to sue for peace.
Wiki here
Image:
French Navy ironclad floating battery
Lave
, 1854. This ironclad, together with the similar
Tonnante
and
Dévastation
, vanquished Russian land batteries at the
Battle of Kinburn (1855)
.
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