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The Monitor, the famous little ship that revolutionized warship design

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The Monitor, the famous little ship that revolutionized warship design.jpg Japanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsThe Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with CannonJapanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsThe Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with CannonJapanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsThe Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with CannonJapanese Ironclad of about 1600 A.DThumbnailsThe Finis Belli, the first regular Ironclad Ship armed with Cannon

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.