Dévastation class ironclad floating battery

The Dévastation class ironclad floating battery were built for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications during the Crimean War

Crimean War

The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

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