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H.M.S. 'Warrior', our First Sea-going Ironclad Battleship

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H.M.S. 'Warrior', our First Sea-going Ironclad Battleship.jpg The Battle of the Nore, June, 1653, between the English and DutchThumbnailsShips of the Time of Henry VIIIThe Battle of the Nore, June, 1653, between the English and DutchThumbnailsShips of the Time of Henry VIIIThe Battle of the Nore, June, 1653, between the English and DutchThumbnailsShips of the Time of Henry VIIIThe Battle of the Nore, June, 1653, between the English and DutchThumbnailsShips of the Time of Henry VIIIThe Battle of the Nore, June, 1653, between the English and DutchThumbnailsShips of the Time of Henry VIII

She was a very efficient reply to the French La Gloire, which was a wooden ship converted into an ironclad. Observe the Red-and-blue Ensign. The White Ensign with St. George's Cross did not become universal in the Royal Navy till 1864.