Buffel (HNLMS)

HNLMS Buffel is a 19th-century ironclad ram ship, the first ship of the [glossary_exclude]Royal[/glossary_exclude] Netherlands Navy without sails.

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Jylland

A screw-propelled steam frigate of the [glossary_exclude]Royal[/glossary_exclude] Danish Navy, it saw action at the Battle of Heligoland (1864).

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Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II when she bombarded the Polish base at Danzig’s Westerplatte.

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HMS Victoria

When launched, Victoria was the largest, fastest, and most heavily-armed ironclad. Three years after commissioning, she collided with HMS Camperdown and quickly sank, with the loss of 358 men.

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Olympia, USS (C-6)

This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War in 1898.

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Model of French battleship Hoche - starboard bow

Hoche

The ironclad Hoche was an early ironclad battleship of the French Navy.

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Picket Boat No.1

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

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Model of USS Kearsarge, port side

Kearsarge, USS

Kearsarge is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.

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Model of USS Olympia (C-6) - starboard side

Olympia, USS (C-6)

This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War in 1898.

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