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The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac during the US Civil War. It was the first time two ironclad ships had fought each other.
The fight between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (which you have called the Merrimac) was a draw (a tie).
The Merrimac,
USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimac). They fought on the second day of the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862, but their inconclusive duel is more commonly known today as the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, or the battle of the ironclads. Not only was this the first time two ironclads fought in the US Civil War, it was the first time in war history that two ironclads fought each other.
it proved that neither ship was stronger.
It was the first naval battle between two ironclads.
The USS Monitor was the first Union submarine (it was, in reality, only semi-submersible). The USS Merrimac(k) was salvaged by the Confederate Navy and plated with iron (iron clad) and commissioned as the CSS Virginia. The Monitor and the Virginia went at it in the Battle of Hampton Roads. This went down in history as the first battle between two ironclads.
The Monitor won the "Battle of the Ironclads" between the Monitor and the Merrimack (Northern and Southern ships, respectively).
The first ironclad battle of the Civil War (and of history itself) did, indeed, take place at Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the mouth of the James River, on March 9, 1862. Both ironclad warships were damaged during the duel, with the "Merrimac" (or, "Virginia", as she had been renamed before the battle) retreating towards her harbor after the "Monitor" had escaped into shallow water upon taking damage. This first-ever battle between ironclads thus ended in a draw.
They were called ironclads because instead of being made entirely of wood, they had metal sheeting over the top of the ships. The Monitor looked more like a submarine than a ship.. The "deck" was barely above the water and it had a round turret that could swivel and fire a cannon. The other ship was named The Merrimac and looked as if a regular wooden ship had a metal tent across the decks. It also had cannons. Both ships saw action in the American War Between the States. They fought each other in March of 1862 and neither ship won. But since the Union Monitor prevented the CSA's Merrimac from running the Union blockade of Hampton Roads, Virginia, the Monitor is considered the winning side. The Merrimac was not intended to run the Union blocade, but to ruin the Union blockade by destroying the Union warships so the blocade runners could travel to the CSA from Europe unopposed. The Union had five warships at Hampton Roads, and the Merrimac destroyed two of them before the Monitor arrived to defend the third ship. As another difference, the French and British navies each had an ironclad before the war began, but they had sails in addition to steam power. The Monitor and Merrimac were the first major warships powered by steam only. The US Navy specified sails for the Monitor, but John Ericsson ignored the specification.
The battle between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimack took place near Hampton Roads, VA. It occurred on March 9, 1862.
The Monitor and the Merrimack fought the first ever battle between two ironclads.