The ironclads duel at Hampton Roads
1862 · Event
The day after the Confederate ironclad Virginia (the rebuilt Merrimack) sinks two wooden Union warships at leisure, the Union's strange 'cheesebox on a raft' Monitor fights her to a standstill. In one weekend, every wooden navy on earth is obsolete.
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