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The list of ironclads includes all steam-propelled warship (supplemented with sails in various cases) and protected by iron or steel armor plates that were built in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, between 1859 and the early 1890s. The list is arranged alphabetically by country. The initial dates of the boats correspond to the launch time, followed by a separation that indicates their retirement or final date.
The list includes ironclads of two different categories or roles, oceanic and coastal (the latter may be floating batteries, monitors and coastal defence ships). The various ironclads design such as the ram, broadside, central battery (or casemate), turret and barbette will be mentioned. Some of these ocean ironclads can be classified as armored frigates, armored corvettes, or others based on their displacement. Wooden hull ships that have been subsequently armored will also be considered in this list.
Although 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 from 1875 to 1895. For the sake of this article, a line is drawn around 1890, differing from country to country.
Americas
= Argentina
=Monitors
El Plata class
El Plata (1874) - retired in 1927
Los Andes (1875) - retired in 1928
Central battery ironclad
Almirante Brown (1880) - retired in 1932
Coastal defence ships
Independencia class
Independencia (1891) - retired in 1946
Libertad (1892) - retired in 1946
= Brazil
=Central battery ironclads (or casemate)
Brasil (1864) - retired in 1879
Tamandaré (1865) - retired in 1879
Barroso (1865) - retired in 1882
Rio de Janeiro (1866) - sunk by floating mines ('torpedoes') in the River Paraguay in 1866, during Paraguayan War
Mariz e Barros class
Mariz e Barros (1865) - stricken in 1897
Herval (1865) - stricken in 1885
Cabral class
Cabral (1866) - stricken in 1885
Colombo (1866) - stricken in 1885
Sete de Setembro (1874) - sunk after fire, during Fleet Revolt of 1893–94
Monitors
Bahia (1865) - struck in 1894
Pará class
Pará (1867) - discarded in 1884
Rio Grande (1867) - scrapped in 1907
Alagoas (1867) - scrapped in 1900
Piauí (1868) - scrapped in 1893
Ceará (1868) - scrapped in 1884
Santa Catharina (1868) - sank in 1882 at her moorings due to the poor condition of her hull
Javary class
Javary (1874) - sunk in Battle on 22 November 1893, during Fleet Revolt of 1893–94
Solimões (1875) - it was wrecked in 1892 near the Cabo Polonio lighthouse in Uruguay
Ironclads turret ship
Lima Barros (1865) - struck in 1894
Silvado (1865) - struck in 1880
Riachuelo (1883) - retired in 1910
Aquidabã (1885) - sank after an explosion during a routine cruise in 1906
= Chile
=Central battery armored frigates
Almirante Cochrane class
Almirante Cochrane (1874) - alienated in 1933
Blanco Encalada (1875) - sunk in 1891 in the Battle of Caldera Bay, during Chilean Civil War of 1891
Ironclad turret ship
Huáscar* (1865, ex Peruvian ship) - captured in the Battle of Angamos in 1879 during War of the Pacific, retired in 1896 and turned into a historical relic in 1934
= Haiti
=Casemate ironclad
Triumph (1861, ex British merchant Fingal and then USS Atlanta) - lost at sea in 1869 shortly after the purchase
= Peru
=Monitors
Victoria (1864) - unknown ending
Canonicus class
Atahualpa (1864, ex USS Catawba) - acquired in 1868 and sunk in the Blockade of Callao in 1881, during War of the Pacific
Manco Cápac (1864, ex USS Oneota) - acquired in 1868 and sunk in the Battle of Arica in 1880, during War of the Pacific
Broadside armored frigate
Independencia (1865) - ran aground in the Battle of Punta Gruesa in 1879, during War of the Pacific
Ironclad turret ship
Huáscar* (1865) - captured by the Chileans at the Battle of Angamos in 1879, during War of the Pacific
Casemate ironclad
Loa (1854/1865) - sunk in the Blockade of Callao in 1881, during War of the Pacific
= United States
=Asia
= China
=Coastal defence ships
Tien-sing (after 1875) - unknown
Pingyuan (1890) - captured by the Japanese in 1895 after Battle of Weihaiwei, during First Sino-Japanese War
Ironclads turret ship
Dingyuan class
Dingyuan (1881) - sunk in 1895 in the Battle of Weihaiwei, during First Sino-Japanese War
Zhenyuan (1882) - captured by the Japanese in 1895 after the Battle of Weihaiwei, during First Sino-Japanese War
= Japan
=Ironclad ram
Kōtetsu* (1864, as CSS Stonewall) - acquired from the United States in 1869 and retired in 1888
Armoured corvettes
Ryūjō (1869) - retired in 1906
Kongō class
Kongō (1877) - retired in 1909
Hiei (1877) - retired in 1911
Central battery ironclad
Fusō (1877) - sold for scrap in 1909
Ironclad turret ship
Chin'en (1882, ex Chinese ship Zhenyuan) - captured in 1895 during First Sino-Japanese War and retired in 1911
Coastal defence ship
Heien (1890, ex Chinese ship Pingyuan) - captured in 1895 during First Sino-Japanese War and sunk by adverse weather causes during Russo-Japanese War
= Ottoman Empire
== Siam
=Floating battery
Siam Mongkut (1870) - probably discarded 1912
Europe
= Austria-Hungary
== Denmark
=Broadside armored frigates
Danmark (1864) - scrapped 1907
Dannebrog (1850/1864) - retired in 1897
Peder Skram (1864) - scrapped 1897
Ironclad turret ship
Rolf Krake (1863) - scrapped 1907
Ironclad ram
Stærkodder (1864, as CSS Stonewall) - the Danish purchase in 1864 of this ship failed and ended up being sold to Japan in 1867 and renamed Kōtetsu*
Monitors
Lindormen (1868) - retired in 1907
Gorm (1870) - retired in 1912
Casemate ironclad
Odin (1872) - retired in 1912
Barbette ironclads
Helgoland (1878) - retired in 1907
Tordenskjold (1880) - retired in 1908
Iver Hvitfeldt (1886) - retired in 1919
= France
== Germany
== Greece
=Central battery armored corvette
Vasilefs Georgios (1867) - scrapped in 1915
Broadside armored corvette
Vasilissa Olga (1869) - scrapped in 1925
Barbette ironclads
Hydra class
Hydra (1889) - retired in 1919
Spetsai (1889) - retired in 1929
Psara (1890) - sold for scrap in 1932
= Italy
== Netherlands
=Casemate ironclad
De Ruyter (1853/1863) - unknown
Ironclads turret ship
Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden (1866) - scrapped after 1905
Koning der Nederlanden (1874) - scuttled in 1942, during World War II
Monitors
Buffel class
Buffel (1868) - retired in 1973 and converted into a museum ship in 1974
Guinea (1870) - sold for scrap in 1897
Schorpioen class
Schorpioen (1868) - converted into a museum ship in 1982
Stier (1868) - struck in 1908
Heiligerlee class
Heiligerlee (1868) - sold for scrapping in 1910
Krokodil (1868) - unknown
Tijger (1868) - unknown
Bloedhond class
Bloedhond (1869) - unknown
Cerberus (1869) - unknown
Adder class
Hyena (1870) - unknown
Panter (1870) - unknown
Adder (1871) - unknown
Haai (1871) - unknown
Wesp (1871) - unknown
Luipaard (1876) - unknown
Draak (1877) - unknown
Matador (1878) - unknown
Reinier Claeszen (1891) - unknown
= Norway
=Monitors
Skorpionen class
Skorpionen (1866) - scrapped in 1908
Thrudvang (1869) - scrapped in 1918
John Ericsson class
Mjølner (1868) - scrapped in 1909
Thor (1872) - wrecked in 1919
= Portugal
=Central battery ironclad
Vasco da Gama (1876) - broken up in 1935
= Russia
== Spain
=Broadside armored frigates
Tetuán (1863) - sunk by accident or sabotage in the siege of Cartagena in 1873, during Cantonal rebellion
Numancia (1863) - retired in 1912
Arapiles (1864) - scrapped in 1883
Vitoria (1865) - retired in 1911
Central battery armored frigates
Zaragoza (1867) - stricken in 1896
Sagunto (1869) - retired in 1896
Méndez Núñez (1861/1870) - scrapped in 1896
Floating battery
Duque de Tetuán (1874) - retired in 1900
Monitor
Puigcerdá (1874) - retired in 1900
Barbette ironclad
Pelayo (1887) - scrapped in 1925
= Sweden
=Monitors
John Ericsson class
HSwMS John Ericsson (1865) - sold in 1919
HSwMS Thordön (1865) - sold in 1922
HSwMS Tirfing (1866) - sold for scrap in 1922
HSwMS Loke (1869) - scrapped in 1908
HSwMS Garmer (1867) - sold for scrap in 1893
HSwMS Sköld (1868) - sunk as a target in 1907
HSwMS Fenris (1872) - retired in 1903
Hildur class
HSwMS Hildur (1872) - sold in 1919
HSwMS Gerda (1872) - retired in 1919
HSwMS Ulf (1873) - sold in 1919
HSwMS Berserk (1874) - sold in 1919
HSwMS Björn (1874) - sold in 1919
HSwMS Sölve (1875) - sold in 1919
HSwMS Folke (1875) - decommissioned in 1919
Coastal defence ships
Svea class
Svea (1885) - retired in 1941
Göta (1889) - retired in 1923
Thule (1893) - retired in 1923
= United Kingdom
=See also
List of battleships
List of cruisers
List of battlecruisers
Notes
References
Bibliography
Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.