1860 - Gloire (France)
5,630 t, 12,5 knots. 36 165-mm guns.
The first in the world sea going ironclad. Converted from wooden battleship.
1861 Warrior (UK)
9,284 t, 14,5 knots. 26 203-mm smoothbore and 10 178-mm rifled guns.
The first all iron and first specially designed ironclad. Iron...