march 8,1862
YES. IT FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON RHODES AGAINST THE IRONCLAD MERRIMAC IN THE WORLDS FIRST BATTLE OF IRONCLAD SHIPS
The battle between the two ironclad warships, USS Monitor (first United States ironclad warship) and CSS Virginia (previously the USS Merrimack and first Confederate States ironclad warship) was significant because it was the first battle in the world where ironclad warships dueled together. The two warships were not the first ironclad warships in the world to be built, but they were the first ironclads to engage in combat against each other.
Ironclad ships were used for the first time.
Ironclad ships were used for the first time.
It was the first battle between ironclad ships.
Ironclad ships were used for the first time.
The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
The major significance of this battle is that it was the very first meeting in combat of ironclad warships.
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
These two Ironclad ships were brought into history at the first Battle of Bull Run (first battle of the Civil War), these two ships were unstoppable back then and it was hard to beat the other.
Ironclad Battle for Blood - 2014 is rated/received certificates of: UK:15
It was the first time in naval history that ironclad ships faced each other.