A Currier and Ives lithograph of the battle between the Monitor and the Virginia. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images As dawn broke over Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March ...

Let’s start by clarifying the whole “Merrimack” (alternate spelling “Merrimac,” sans the “k”) vs. “Virginia” nomenclature/semantics. This vessel ...

For almost all of human history, boats were made of wood. Sure, today we've got amazing ships built from steel and composites, but people have been sailing for thousands of years, so almost every ship ...

Steel yourself for another brutal battle, as one of the few survivors of the Great Siege of Rochester Castle fights to protect his family’s estate from fierce Celtic raider in the sequel to Ironclad.

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Ironically, the first ironclad battle itself was inconclusive. Despite much maneuvering and firing, neither ship was really able hurt the other. But that wasn’t the ...

The Imperial German Navy was, in large part, the creation of two men: Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941) and Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930.) The Kaiser’s mother was an English princess ...