The first Ironclad ship ever made was by the northern states during the civil war was named the Monitor.
The Union
Did you know that a Swedish engineer designed the Monitor, an ironclad ship in the Civil War? A+
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Ironclad
The SOUTHERN ironclad ship was the Merrimac, which was also called the Virginia.
it was a ship made of metal
Monitor.
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The Merrimac
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The Union
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
YES. IT FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF HAMPTON RHODES AGAINST THE IRONCLAD MERRIMAC IN THE WORLDS FIRST BATTLE OF IRONCLAD SHIPS
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 South's first ironclad warship was the CSS Virginia. This vessel was constructed from a sunken Union ship the USS Merrimack. The Confederates retooled the ship, added much armor and became the first ironclad warship of the US Civil War.
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