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  1. Royal Navy Ironclad HMS Captain under construction. HMS Captain was an innovative but ultimately ill-fated ironclad turret ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1869. Due to poor design, she rolled over and sank during a storm less than 6 months after commissioning destinationsjourney.com/histor #maritimehistory #navalhistory #RoyalNavy #HMSCaptain #battleship #ironclad

  2. The Russian ironclad battleship Chesma was one of the four ships of the Ekaterina II class (which included Ekaterina II , Sinop, and their half-sister Georgii Pobedonosets) built for the Imperial Russian Black Sea Fleet during the late nineteenth century. destinationsjourney.com/histor #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #battleship #Ironclad #Chesma #ImperialRussianNavy #Navy #Naval #Maritime

  3. HMS Thunderer was the second of two Devastation-class ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy along with her sister HMS Devastation (1871). Launched on 25 March 1872, she was completed on 26 May 1877. destinationsjourney.com/histor #battleship #HMSThunderer #ironclad #Military #NavalHistory #Navy #Predreadnought #RoyalNavy# #warfare

  4. HMS Devastation was the lead ship of her class of mastless ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy. Along with her sister HMS Thunderer (1872), she was the first class of ocean-going capital ships that did not carry sails, and the first in which the entire main armament was mounted on top of the hull rather than inside it.
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