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The Monitor, the famous little ship that revolutionized warship design

The Monitor, the famous little ship that revolutionized warship design.jpg Japanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsDiver Salving a GunJapanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsDiver Salving a GunJapanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsDiver Salving a GunJapanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsDiver Salving a Gun

The upper figure is a broadside view, the lower one a transverse section amidships. The upper portion of the hull was very like a raft, and was heavily armoured all over, as was the turret and the little pilot-box forward.