This is alist ofironclads of theRoyal Navy of theUnited Kingdom . An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armour plates.
The termbattleship was not used by theAdmiralty until the early 1880s[citation needed , with the construction of theColossus class
While the introduction of the ironclad is clear-cut, the boundary between 'ironclad' and the later 'pre-dreadnought battleship ' is less obvious, as the characteristics of the pre-dreadnought evolved. For the sake of this article, theRoyal Sovereign -class
[ edit ] Warrior -classbroadside ironclads Warrior Black Prince Emerald 1903, renamedImpregnable III 1910, sold for BU 1923Defence -classDefence Indus 1898; hulked 1922; sold for BU 1935Resistance Hector -classHector Valiant Indus 1898,Valiant (Old) 1916, andValiant III 1919; became floating oil tank 1924; BU 1957Achilles Hibernia 1902,Egmont 1904,Egremont 1918, andPembroke 1919; sold for BU 1925Minotaur -classMinotaur Boscawen 1904,Ganges 1906, andGanges II 1908; sold for BU 1922Agincourt Boscawen III 1904 andGanges II 1906; became coal hulkC109 1908; sold for BU 1960Northumberland Acheron 1904; became coal hulkC 1909, renamedC68 1926; sold 1927; became hulkStedmound , BU 1935Prince Consort -classBulwark class 2-deckersRoyal Oak Bulwark class 2-decker) - Laid up 1871; sold for BU 1885Royal Alfred central-battery ironclad (converted fromBulwark class 2-decker)- Sold for BU 1885Research Enterprise Favorite Zealous Bulwark class 2-decker) - Laid up 1875; sold for BU 1886Repulse Bulwark class 2-decker) - Sold for BU 1889Lord Clyde -classPallas Bellerophon Indus III 1904; sold for BU 1922Penelope Hercules Calcutta 1909 andFisgard II 1915; sold for BU 1932Monarch turret-ship — RenamedSimoom 1904; sold for BU 1905Captain Audacious -classAudacious Fisgard 1904 andImperieuse 1914; sold for BU 1922Invincible Erebus 1904 andFisgard II 1906; foundered under tow 1914Iron Duke Vanguard Swiftsure -classSwiftsure Orontes 1904; sold for BU 1908Triumph Tenedos 1904,Indus IV 1912, andAlgiers 1912; sold for BU 1921Sultan Fisgard IV 1906-1931; sold for BU 1946Devastation -classAlexandra Temeraire Indus II 1904 andAkbar 1915; sold for BU 1921Superb -class (intended for Ottoman Empire) central-battery ironcladsSuperb Hamidieh , renamed) (1875) - Sold for BU 1906(OttomanMessudieh Neptune Independencia ) masted turret-ship — Sold for BU 1903Dreadnought Inflexible Ajax -classColossus -classAdmiral-class mastless turret shipsVictoria -classTrafalgar -classCoastal service ironclads [ edit ] Royal Sovereign Duke of Wellington class 3-decker) - Sold for BU 1885Prince Albert Scorpion -classScorpion Wivern Cerberus -classCerberus Platypus II 1918; sunk as breakwater 1926Magdala Abyssinia Hotspur Glatton Cyclops -classCyclops Gorgon Hecate Hydra Rupert Belleisle -classOttoman Empire ) central battery shipsBelleisle Peki-Shereef , renamed) (1876) -Sold for BU 1904Orion Boordhi-Zaffer ) (1879) - RenamedOrontes 1909; sold for BU 1913Conqueror -classConqueror Hero Ballard, Admiral G.A.The Black Battlefleet , published Nautical Publications Co. and Society for Nautical Research, 1980.ISBN 0-245-53030-4 Chesneau, Roger and Kolesnik, Eugene (Ed.)Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 . Conway Maritime Press, 1979.ISBN 0-8317-0302-4 Gardiner, Robert (Ed.).Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921 . Conway Maritime Press, 1985.ISBN 0-85177-245-5 Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980).Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 . London: Conway Maritime Press.ISBN 0-85177-146-7 Lyon, David and Winfield, Rif,The Sail and Steam Navy List , All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889ISBN 1-86176-032-9 Parkes, OscarBritish Battleships , first publishedSeeley, Service & Co. , 1957, published United States Naval Institute Press, 1990.ISBN 1-55750-075-4 Reed, Edward J Our Ironclad Ships, their Qualities, Performance and Cost . John Murray, 1869.
