Russian sailors during the Russian/Japanese War (1905) called their battleships (Kniaz Suvorov (Flag); Borodino; Orel, and Alexander III) ironclads.
Warship (7 letters) Dreadnought (11 letters)
it was a ship made of metal
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The Merrimac and the Monitor Battle OR the Ironclad Battle
The Russian battleships at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905; Borodino, Prince Suvorov, Orel, and Alexander III, were all referred to as ironclads by their men.
Wooden vessels plated with iron; there were fleets of them...not just one.
Monitors, usually equipped with 11" guns; Vietnam Monitors had M49 105mm howitzer guns.
Monitor.
Ironclad
Monitor
The Merrimac
Monitor