List of ironclad ships and monitors

This list of ironclads and monitors includes between 1859 and the first half of the 1880s built ironclads and monitors and similar vessels with armor and large-caliber weapons, the ship types below can be assigned.

Ship types

• I - "Ironclad": Ironclad ships for use on the high seas
• C - "Coastal defense ship": armored ships for the defense of coastlines, estuaries and ports

For these ship types, the design is specified by the additions Br - "Broadside": broadside ships , Cb - "Central battery": casemate ships , Tu - "Turret": tower ships and Bb - "Barbette": barbed ships. Combinations of these types are possible and have occasionally been implemented.

Furthermore, there were specialized warship types of typical design in the period under review:

• R - "Ram": Armored ram ships , which were designed with a reinforced ram bow especially for ramming
• TR - "Turret Ram": Armored ram ships that carried large-caliber guns in a rotating tower in addition to the ram
• M - "Monitor": monitors with low freeboard and gun turrets, named after the archetype of this class of ship that emerged during the Civil War
• BM - "Breastwork Monitor": parapet monitors in which the turrets standing on deck were additionally protected behind a parapet
• RM - "Ram Monitor": Monitors with a ram bow

Finally, the originally unarmored ship types of cruisers and gunboats were also provided with armor:

• ACr - "Armored cruiser" armored cruiser with belt and deck armor, mainly for overseas use
• AGb - "Armored gunboat": Armored cannon boats , mainly for coastal defense

Notes on the list

• The ship name is the one that was used for the respective owner country when the ship was commissioned. Later name changes or previously used names are listed under comments .
• The year of launch is indicated. The year of first commissioning may differ from this.
• The period of service is understood to mean the period between the takeover of the ship and the deletion from the ship register or the loss of the ship. The period of service can also include periods of inactivity.
• Under the country , the state is called, whose flag the ship. Ships that belonged to different countries in the course of their existence are listed several times.

List of ships

Ship name	image	Stack run	Period of service	Ship type	country	Ship class	Comments / fate
HMS Abyssinia		1870	1870-1903	BM	IND	Cerberus class (modified)	Guard ship in Bombay , sold for demolition in 1903
Zr. Ms. Adder		1871		RM	NL	Panther class
Admiral Greig		1868		C-Tu	RU	Admiral Lazarev class
Admiral Lazarev		1867		C-Tu	RU	Admiral Lazarev class
Admiral Spiridov		1868		C-Tu	RU	Admiral Spiridow class
Admiral Chichagov		1868		C-Tu	RU	Admiral Spiridow class
Affondatore		1865		TR	IT
USS Agamenticus		1863		M.	US	Miantonomoh class
HMS Agamemnon		1879		I-Tu	UK	Ajax class (1880)
HMS Agincourt		1865		I-Br	UK	Minotaur class
HMS Ajax		1880		I-Tu	UK	Ajax class (1880)
HMS Alexandra		1875		I-Cb	UK
Almirante Brown		1880		I-Cb	ARG
Amiral Duperré		1879		I-Bb	FR
Ancona		1864		I-Br	IT	Regina Maria Pia class
Andrea Doria		1885		I-Bb	IT	Ruggiero di Lauria class
Aquidabã		1885		I-Tu	BRA
Arapiles		1864		I-Br	ESP
SMS Arminius		1864		C-Tu	PRU
Asar-i Tevfik		1868	1870–1913 †	I-Cb	DOOR	Single ship	Run aground in 1913 and broken off
Azar-i Şevket		1868	1870-1903	I-Cb	DOOR	Azar-i-Şevket class	1909 offered for demolition
Atahualpa		1864		M.	BY	Canonicus class	ex USS Catawba , purchased in 1864
HMS Audacious		1869		I-Cb	UK	Audacious class
Avnillah		1869	1870–1912 †	I-Cb	DOOR	Avnillah class	1903–1906 modernized, sunk in Beirut in 1912 by the Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi
Aziziye		1864	1865-1909	I-Br	DOOR	Osmaniye class	Sold for demolition in 1923
SMS Baden		1880		I-Cb / Bb	DE	Saxony class (1877)
Bahia		1865		C-Tu	BRA		originally from Paraguay as Minerva ordered
basilisk		1878		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
Bayard		1880		I-Bb	FR	Bayard class
SMS Bayern		1878		I-Cb / Bb	DE	Saxony class (1877)
Belier		1872		R.	FR	Cerbere class
HMS Belleisle		1876		R.	UK	Belleisle- class	built for Turkey as Peyk-i Şeref , bought in 1878
HMS Bellerophon		1865		I-Cb	UK
Belliqueuse		1865		I-Br	FR	Provence class
bee		1876		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
HMS Black Prince		1861		I-Br	UK	Warrior class
Blanco Encalada		1875		I-Cb	CHL		Commissioned as Valparaiso , renamed after a short time
Zr. Ms. Bloedhond		1869		M.	NL	Bloedhond class
Bouledogoue		1873		R.	FR	Cerbere class
Bronenossez		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
Zr. Ms. Buffel		1868		TR	NL	Buffel class	since 1979 museum ship in Rotterdam
Caio Duilio		1876		I-Tu	IT	Caio Duilio class (1876)
Camaeleon		1878		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
USS Camanche		1864		M.	US	Passaic class
USS Canonicus		1863		M.	US	Canonicus class
HMS Captain		1869		I-Tu	UK
USS Casco		1864		M.	US	Casco class	At times USS Hero
Castelfidardo		1863		I-Br	IT	Regina Maria Pia class
USS Catskill		1862		M.	US	Passaic class
USS Catawba		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class	In 1868 Peru sold in Atahualpa renamed
Cerbere		1868		R.	FR	Cerbere class
HMVS Cerberus		1868	1869-1924	BM	VIC	Cerberus class	Guard ship in Melbourne , renamed HMAS Platypus II in 1921, sunk as a breakwater in 1926
Zr. Ms. Cerberus		1869		M.	NL	Cerberus class
USS Chickasaw		1864		M.	US	Milwaukee class
USS Chimo		1864		M.	US	Casco class	At times USS Orion and USS Piscataqua
Chinen		1882	1895-1910	I-Tu	JP	Dingyuan class	ex Chinese Dingyuan , captured in Weihaiwei in 1895 ; Canceled in 1914
Cochrane		1874		I-Cb	CHL
USS Cohoes		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Charybdis
Colbert		1875		I-Cb	FR	Colbert class
HMS Colossus		1882		I-Tu	UK	Colossus class
Crocodill		1879		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
SMS Custoza		1872		I-Cb	AT-HU		1920 to Italy
HMS Cyclops		1871	1877-1901	BM	UK	Cyclops class	1903 sold for demolition
SMS Germany		1874		I-Cb	DE	Kaiser class (1874)
Dévastation		1879		I-Cb	FR	Dévastation class
HMS devastation		1871		I-Tu	UK	Devastation class
USS Dictator		1863		M.	US
Dingyuan		1881	1885–1895 †	I-Tu	CHN	Dingyuan class	Self-sunk in 1895 after being hit by torpedoes
SMS Don Juan d'Austria		1875		I-Cb	AT-HU	Kaiser Max class	Sank in 1919 under unexplained circumstances
Zr. Ms. Draak		1877		RM	NL
HMS Dreadnought		1875		I-Tu	UK
You guesclin		1883		I-Bb	FR	Vauban class
HMS Edinburgh		1882		I-Tu	UK	Colossus class
ARA El Plata		1874		M.	ARG	El Plata class
Enrico Dandolo		1878		I-Tu	IT	Caio Duilio class (1876)
HMS Enterprise		1864		I-Cb	UK
SMS Archduke Albrecht		1872		I-Cb	AT-HU		Renamed in 1908 to fire spouts , in 1920 as Buttafuoco to Italy
USS Etlah		1864		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Hecate
Feth-i Bulend		1870	1870–1913 †	I-Cb	DOOR	Feth-i-Bulend class	Modernized from 1903–1907, sunk off Thessaloniki in 1913 by the Greek torpedo boat NF11
Flandre		1864		I-Br	FR	Provence class
Foudroyant		1882		I-Cb	FR	Dévastation class	Renamed Courbet in 1885
Francesco Morosini		1885		I-Br	IT	Ruggiero di Lauria class
Friedland		1873		I-Cb	FR
SMS Friedrich Carl		1867		I-Cb	NDB
SMS Friedrich the Great		1874		I-Tu	DE	Prussia- class (1873)
Brilliant		1877		BM	FR	Tonnere class
Fuso		1877	1878-1908	I-Cb	JP	Single ship	1909 sold for demolition
Gauloise		1865		I-Br	FR	Provence class
HMS Glatton		1871	1872-1902	BM	UK	Single ship	1903 sold for demolition
KDM Gorm		1870		C-Tu	DK
HMS Gorgon		1871	1874-1901	BM	UK	Cyclops class	1903 sold for demolition
SMS Great Elector		1875		I-Tu	DE	Prussia- class (1873)
Zr. Ms. Guinea		1870		TR	NL	Buffel class
Guyenne		1865		I-Br	FR	Provence class
Zr. Ms. Haai		1871		RM	NL	Panther class
Hamidiye		1885	1894-1903	I-Cb	DOOR	Single ship	Sold for demolition in 1913
SMS Hansa		1872		I-Cb	DE		first ironclad built in Germany
HMS Hecate		1871	1877-1901	BM	UK	Cyclops class	1903 sold for demolition
Zr. Ms. Heiligerlee		1868		M.	NL	Bloedhond class
KDM Heligoland		1878		C-Bb	DK
HMS Hercules		1868		I-Cb	UK
HMS Hero		1885		TR	UK	Conqueror class
Heroine		1863		I-Br	FR	Provence class
Here		1877	1878-1911	ACr	JP	Kongō class (1877)	Sold for demolition in 1912
Hifz-ur Rahman		1869	1870-1909	C-Tu	DOOR	Lütf-ü-Celil class	1909 sold for demolition
HMS Hotspur		1870		R.	UK
Huáscar		1865		C-Tu	BY		Lost to Chile in the 1879 naval battle of Angamos
Huáscar		1865		C-Tu	CHL		ex Peruvian Huascar , captured in the naval battle of Angamos in 1879 ; Museum ship in Talcahuano
bumblebee		1881		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
Zr. Ms. Hyena		1870		RM	NL	Panther class
HMS Hydra		1871	1876-1901	BM	UK	Cyclops class	1903 sold for demolition
İclalije		1870	1871-1928	I-Cb	DOOR	Single ship	Sold for demolition in 1928
HMS Imperieuse		1883		ACr	UK	Imperieuse class
HMS Invincible		1869		I-Cb	UK	Audacious class
HMS Iron Duke		1870		I-Cb	UK	Audacious class
Italia		1880		I-Bb	IT	Italia class
Javary		1874		M.	BRA	Javary class
Jedinorog		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
HMS John Ericsson		1865		M.	SWE	John Ericsson class
SMS Kaiser		1874		I-Cb	DE	Kaiser class (1874)
SMS Kaiser Max		1875		I-Cb	AT-HU	Kaiser Max class	1920 as Tivat to Yugoslavia
USS Kalamazoo		-	-	M.	US	Kalamazoo class	Begun in 1863, canceled on pile in 1884
USS Keokuk		1862		I.	US
USS Kickapoo		1864		M.	US	Milwaukee class
USS Klamath		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Harpy
USS Koka		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Argos
Koldun		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
Congo		1877	1878-1909	ACr	JP	Kongō class (1877)	Sold for demolition in 1910
SMS King Wilhelm		1868		I-Cb	NDB		started for Turkey as Fatikh , bought in 1867
Zr. Ms. Koning der Nederlanden		1874		I-Tu	NL
Kōtetsu		1864	1869-1888	R.	JP	Sphynx- class	ex CSS Stonewall , bought in 1869, renamed Azuma in 1871 ; canceled
Zr. Ms. crocodile		1868		M.	NL	Cerberus class
SMS Crown Prince		1867		I-Cb	NDB
La Galissonnière		1872		I-Cb	FR	La Galissonnière class
Latnik		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
Lawa		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
USS Lehigh		1863		M.	US	Passaic class
Lepanto		1883		I-Bb	IT	Italia class
Lima Barros		1865		C-Tu	BRA		originally from Paraguay as Belona ordered
KDM Lindormen		1868		C-Tu	DK
SMS Lissa		1869		I-Cb	AT-HU		Canceled in 1893/5
HMS Loke		1869		M.	SWE	John Ericsson class
ARA Los Andes		1874		M.	ARG	El Plata class
Zr. Ms. Luipaard		1876		RM	NL	Panther class
Lütf-ü Celil		1869	1870–1877 †	C-Tu	DOOR	Lütf-ü-Celil class	Sunk by Russian field artillery on the Danube near Brăila in 1877
HMS Magdala		1870	1870-1903	BM	IND	Cerberus class	Guard ship in Bombay , sold for demolition in 1903
magenta		1861		I-Br	FR	Magenta class
Magnanime		1864		I-Br	FR	Provence class
Mahmudiye		1864	1866-1909	I-Br	DOOR	Osmaniye class	Sold for demolition in 1913
USS Mahopac		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class	later USS Castor
USS Manayunk		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class	later USS Ajax
Manco Cápac		1864		M.	BY	Canonicus class	ex USS Oneota , purchased in 1864
USS Manhattan		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class	later USS Neptune
Marengo		1869		I-Cb	FR	Océan class
USS Marietta		1865		M.	US	Marietta class
Mesudiye		1874	1874–1914 †	I-Cb	DOOR	Mesudiye class	Modernized 1898–1903; 1914 torpedoed off Erenkoy by British submarine B11
USS Miantonomoh		1863		M.	US	Miantonomoh class
USS Milwaukee		1864		M.	US	Milwaukee class
HMS Minotaur		1863		I-Br	UK	Minotaur class
Mjølner		1868		M.	NOR	Scorpio class
USS Modoc		1865		M.	US	Casco class	At times USS Achilles
USS Monadnock		1863		M.	US	Miantonomoh class
HMS Monarch		1869		I-Tu	UK
USS monitor		1862		M.	US
USS Montauk		1862		M.	US	Passaic class
mosquito		1877		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
Muin-i Zafer		1869	1870-1932	I-Cb	DOOR	Avnillah class	Modernized from 1903 to 1906, demolished in 1934
Mukaddam-i Hayr		1872	1874-1923	I-Cb	DOOR	Feth-i-Bulend class	Canceled in 1923
USS Nahant		1862		M.	US	Passaic class
USS Nantucket		1863		M.	US	Passaic class
USS Napa		1864		M.	US	Casco class	At times USS Nemesis
Adder		1880		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
USS Casco		1864		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Gorgon and USS Minnetonka
USS Nausett		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Aetna
Necm-i Şevket		1868	1870-1929	I-Cb	DOOR	Azar-i-Şevket class	Canceled in 1929
HMS Nelson		1876		ACr	UK	Nelson- class
USS Neosho		1863		M.	US	Neosho class
HMS Neptune		1874		I-Tu	UK		started for Brazil as Independencia , bought in 1878
USS New Ironsides		1862		I-Br	US
HMS Northampton		1876		ACr	UK	Nelson- class
Novgorod		1873		C.	RU		so-called Popowka , circular ironclad for coastal defense
Numancia		1863		I-Br	ESP
Océan		1868		I-Cb	FR	Océan class
KDM Odin		1872		C-Cb	DK
SMS Oldenburg		1884		I-Cb	DE
USS Oneota		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class	In 1868 Peru sold in Manco Capac renamed
USS Onondaga		1863		M.	US		Sold to France in 1867
Onondaga		1863		M.	FR		ex USS Onondaga , purchased in 1867
Orhaniye		1865	1866-1909	I-Br	DOOR	Osmaniye class	Sold for demolition in 1913
HMS Orion		1879		R.	UK	Belleisle- class	started for Turkey as Büruç-u Zafer , bought in 1878
USS Osage		1863		M.	US	Neosho class
Osmaniye		1863	1865-1909	I-Br	DOOR	Osmaniye class	Sold for demolition in 1923
USS Ozark		1863		M.	US
Palestro		1871		I-Cb	IT	Principe Amadeo class
Zr. Ms. Panter		1870		RM	NL	Panther class
USS Passaconaway		-	-	M.	US	Kalamazoo class	Begun in 1863, canceled on pile in 1884
USS Passiac		1862		M.	US	Passaic class
USS Patapsco		1862		M.	US	Passaic class
Perun		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
Pyotr Veliky		1872		I-Tu	RU
SMS Prussia		1873		I-Tu	DE	Prussia- class (1873)
HMS Prince Albert		1866		C-Tu	UK
Principe Amadeo		1872		I-Cb	IT	Principe Amadeo class
Zr. Ms. Prins Hendrik of the Netherlands		1866		I-Tu	NL
SMS Prince Adalbert		1864		R.	PRU	Sphynx- class	started as a speculative building of Cheops in France, bought in 1864
SMS Prinz Eugen		1877		I-Cb	AT-HU	Kaiser Max class	Renamed Vulcan in 1904 , to Italy in 1920
Provence		1863		I-Br	FR	Provence class
USS Puritan		1864		M.	US
USS Quinsigamond		-	-	M.	US	Kalamazoo class	Begun in 1864, canceled on pile in 1884
HMS Research		1863		I-Cb	UK
Redoutable		1876		I-Cb	FR
Regina Maria Pia		1863		I-Br	IT	Regina Maria Pia class
revenge		1865		I-Br	FR	Provence class
Riachuelo		1883		I-Tu	BRA
Richelieu		1873		I-Cb	FR
USS Roanoke		1855		M.	US		originally a frigate, converted into a monitor in 1862
KDM Rolf Krake		1863		C-Tu	DK		world's first tower ship
HMS Royal Sovereign		1864		C-Tu	UK
Ruggiero di Lauria		1884		I-Bb	IT	Ruggiero di Lauria class
HMS Rupert		1872		R.	UK
Russalka		1867		C-Tu	RU	Charodeika class
Ryūjō		1864	1870-1893	I-Br	JP	Single ship	Sold for demolition in 1908
SMS Saxony		1877		I-Cb / Bb	DE	Saxony class (1877)
salamander		1880		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
USS Sandusky		1865		M.	US	Marietta class
USS Sangamon		1862		M.	US	Passaic class
San Martino		1863		I-Br	IT	Regina Maria Pia class
USS Saugus		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class
Savoie		1863		I-Br	FR	Provence class
Zr. Ms. Schorpioen		1868		TR	NL	Buffel class	since 2000 museum ship in Den Helder
HMS Scorpion		1863		C-Tu	UK	Scorpion class	started as CSS North Carolina for the CSA under the cover name El Tousson , confiscated in 1863
Scorpion		1877		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
Sete de Setembro		1874		C-Cb	BRA
USS Shakamaxon		-	-	M.	US	Kalamazoo class	Begun in 1863, canceled on pile in 1874
HMS Shannon		1875		ACr	UK
USS Shawnee		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Eolus
USS Shiloh		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Iris
Silvado		1865		C-Tu	BRA		originally from Paraguay as Nemesis ordered
Scorpions		1866		M.	NOR	Scorpio class
Solférino		1861		I-Br	FR	Magenta class
Smertsch		1864		C-Tu	RU
Solimoes		1874		M.	BRA	Javary class
USS Squando		1865		M.	US	Casco class	At times USS Erebus and USS Algoma
Zr. Ms. bull		1868		TR	NL	Buffel class
CSS stonewall		1864		R.	CSA	Sphynx- class	as Spekulationsbau Sphynx started in France, briefly Danish , purchased in 1865, in 1866 Japan sold in Kotetsu renamed
Strelez		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class	The hull still exists
Suffren		1870		I-Cb	FR	Océan class
USS Suncook		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Spitfire
HMS Superb		1875		I-Cb	UK	Mesudiye class	started as Hamidiye for Turkey , bought in 1878
Surveillante		1864		I-Br	FR	Provence class
Taureau		1865		R.	FR
USS Tecumseh		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class
SMS Tegetthoff		1878		I-Cb	AT-HU
HMS Temeraire		1876		I-Cb	UK
Tempete		1876		BM	FR	Tempête class
Terribile		1861		I-Br	IT	Terribile class
HMS Thirfing		1866		M.	SWE	John Ericsson class
Thor		1872		M.	NOR	Scorpio class
HMS Thordön		1865		M.	SWE	John Ericsson class
Thrudvang		1869		M.	NOR	Scorpio class
HMS Thunderer		1871		I-Tu	UK	Devastation class
Tifon		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
Tigre		1874		R.	FR	Cerbere class
Zr. Ms. Tijger		1868		M.	NL	Cerberus class
USS Tippecanoe		1864		M.	US	Canonicus class
USS Tonawanda		1864		M.	US	Miantonomoh class
Tonnere		1875		BM	FR	Tonnere class
Trident		1876		I-Cb	FR	Colbert class
Triomphante		1877		I-Cb	FR	La Galissonnière class
Charodeika		1867		C-Tu	RU	Charodeika class
USS Tunxis		1865		M.	US	Casco class	At times USS Hydra and USS Otsego
Turenne		1879		I-Bb	FR	Bayard class
USS Umpqua		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Fury
Uragan		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
Valeureuse		1864		I-Br	FR	Provence class
HMS Vanguard		1870		I-Cb	UK	Audacious class
VP Vasilefs Georgios		1867	1868-1912	I-Cb	GRC	Single ship	Canceled in 1915
VP Vasilissa Olga		1870	1870-1925	I-Br	GRC	Single ship	Canceled after 1925
Vauban		1882		I-Bb	FR	Vauban class
Vengeur		1878		BM	FR	Tempête class
Weschchun		1864		M.	RU	Uragan class
Victorieuse		1875		I-Cb	FR	La Galissonnière class
viper		1876		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class	from 1909 crane ship
Vitoria		1865		I-Cb	ESP
HMS Warrior		1860		I-Br	UK	Warrior class	since 1987 museum ship in Portsmouth
HMS Warspite		1884		ACr	UK	Imperieuse class
USS Wassuc		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Stromboli
USS Waxsaw		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Niobe
USS Weehawken		1862		M.	US	Passaic class
Zr. Ms. Wesp		1871		RM	NL	Panther class
wasp		1876		Conditions	DE	Wasp- class
USS Winnebago		1863		M.	US	Milwaukee class
HMS Wivern		1863		C-Tu	UK	Scorpion class	started as CSS Mississippi for the CSA under the cover name El Monassir , confiscated in 1863
Vice-Admiral Popov		1875		C.	RU		so-called Popowka , circular ironclad for coastal defense
SMS Württemberg		1878		I-Cb / Bb	DE	Saxony class (1877)
USS Yazoo		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Temporarily USS Tartar
USS Yuma		1865		M.	US	Casco class	Occasionally USS Tempest
Zhenyuan		1882	1885-1895	I-Tu	CHN	Dingyuan class	1895 in Weihaiwei in Japan lost in Chinen renamed

See also

• List of battleships and battle cruisers
• List of ships of the line and armored cruisers

literature

• Robert Gardiner, Roger Chesneau, Eugene M Kolesnik (eds.): Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 . Conway Maritime Press, London 1979.
• Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz: The Ottoman Steam Navy 1828–1928 . Conway Maritime Press, London 1995.
• Richard NJ Wright: The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945 . Chatham Publishing, London.

Commons : Battleships  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• German website with information on various battleships