Defence-class ironclad

The Defence-class ironclads were a class of two warships built for the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1862. The ships were designed as armoured frigates in response to an invasion scare sparked by the launch of the French ironclad Gloire and her three sisters in 1858. They were initially armed with a mix of rifled breech-loading and muzzle-loading smoothbore guns, but the Armstrong breech-loading guns proved unreliable and were withdrawn from service after a few years.

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1861 — 1885  Wikimedia, Wikidata
2 produced, 
ironclad warship, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

HMS Defence, HMS Resistance, 

• The Victorian Royal Navy page^@
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1861 HMS Defence

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HMS Defence (1861)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft	1861	HMS Defence	ironclad warship, Defence-class ironclad	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1861	HMS Resistance	ironclad warship, shipwreck, Defence-class ironclad	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Defence (1861)		Commons