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An ironclad was indeed a ship. They were built in two different ways. Let's take the Moitor and the Merrimac, or CSS Virginia as it was called by the Confederacy. The Monitor was built completely of steel. It was built with a very low draft and instead of the usual placement of guns along the sides of the ship, they built it with a turret in the middle of the ship with two cannon inside. The Virginia was initially a wooden ship. The Confederates covered the wooden hull with iron plating to convert it to an ironclad.
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Was there an ironclad ship in the Civil War called the Monitor?
YES. IT FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON RHODES AGAINST THE IRONCLAD MERRIMAC IN THE WORLDS FIRST BATTLE OF IRONCLAD SHIPS
Which ship won the battle of the ironclad?
Merrimack
Was the CSS Virginia an ironclad?
Yes, it was. It was the true name of the Confederate ironclad known as the Merrimac from the "Monitor and the Merrimac" battle. The Confederacy took a wooden ship formerly known as the Merrimac and put the iron armour on it. The ship was rechristened The CSS Virginia.
What is the monitor in the civil war?
The Monitor was an ironclad ship created by the Union to battle against the Confederate ironclad called the Virginia (Merrimack).
What was the famous union ironclad ship?
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
Are ironclad ships considered weapons?
A ship is by itself never a weapon, and that also goes for an ironclad ship. The ironclad could only be called a weapon carrier.
The first battle of ironclad ships involved the ccs Virginia originally the uss merrimack and what other ship?
USS Monitor
What was the significant about the battle between the Monitor and Merrimack?
the ships were both ironclad ships which was a ship made of wood then layered with iron
What was significant about the battle between the Merrimack and Monitor?
the ships were both ironclad ships which was a ship made of wood then layered with iron
What did the people call the ironclad battleship during the civil war?
The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
Ironclad ship of the south?
Virginia
Who was the ironclad ship invented by?
Monitor
