Battle of Hampton Roads #2 (9 March 1862) - Union vs Confederacy (American Civil War)

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Cut from American movie "Hearts in Bondage" 1936.
The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was a famous and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War. It was fought over two days, March 8-9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the city of Norfolk. The battle was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities and major industrial centers, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade.
The major significance of the battle is that it was the first meeting in combat of ironclad warships, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia. The Confederate fleet consisted of the ironclad ram Virginia (built from the remnants of the under-construction steam frigate USS Merrimack, newest warship for the United States Navy / Union Navy) and several supporting vessels. On the first day of battle, they were opposed by several conventional, wooden-hulled ships of the Union Navy. On that day, Virginia was able to destroy two ships of the federal flotilla, USS Congress and USS Cumberland, and was about to attack a third, USS Minnesota, which had run aground. However, the action was halted by darkness and falling tide, so Virginia retired to take care of her few wounded-which included her captain, Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan-and repair her minimal battle damage.
Determined to complete the destruction of Minnesota, Catesby ap Roger Jones, acting as captain in Buchanan's absence, returned the ship to the fray the next morning, March 9. During the night, however, the ironclad Monitor had arrived and had taken a position to defend Minnesota. When Virginia approached, Monitor intercepted her. The two ironclads fought for about three hours, with neither being able to inflict significant damage on the other. The duel ended indecisively, Virginia returning to her home at the Gosport Navy Yard for repairs and strengthening, and Monitor to her station defending Minnesota. The ships did not fight again, and the blockade remained in place.
The battle received worldwide attention, and it had immediate effects on navies around the world. The preeminent naval powers, Great Britain and France, halted further construction of wooden-hulled ships, and others followed suit. Although Britain and France had been engaged in an iron-clad arms race since the 1830s, the Battle of Hampton Roads signaled a new age of naval warfare had arrived for the whole world.[6] A new type of warship, monitor, was produced based on the principle of the original. The use of a small number of very heavy guns, mounted so that they could fire in all directions, was first demonstrated by Monitor but soon became standard in warships of all types. Shipbuilders also incorporated rams into the designs of warship hulls for the rest of the century.

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[@mikekemp9877]

in the tv movie about the battle the designer of the monitor who everyone said was mad had been denied the use of much heavier guns.he said had the monitor had them then they would have sunk the miramac!one thing you didnt see was the awful conditions both sets of brave men faced in the battle! its was stifilingly hot when the ships were battened down basically a very hot box.also the sound of cannon balls bouncing off the sides was worst than being next to a church bell when it sounded! no sound proofing or padding on the steel interior sailors were deafened and injured from bouncing off the iron inside.very brave men!

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

All navies were obsolete during that one day.

[@josephlongbone4255]

Apart from the French and the British who had the much larger and more powerful Gloire and Warrior respectively.

[@garbageday587]

Ironclads were already used before in the Crimean war the French Gloire and the British Warrior were more powerful Ironclads than the Merrimqc and Monitor. So stop thinking that Ironclads were invented by Americans.

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@@garbageday587 aight, but to be fair you would expect Abraham Lincoln to be pro American.

[@that_floofy_beauty1981]

​@@garbageday587 the "ironclads" during the Crimean war are floating iron plated batteries, but it could be considered ironclads because it floats.

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Second Battle of Old Frank's Lake (March 9, 1862) United States of Battlia vs. Confederate States of Zarkania, Allahdeen Empire

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Armadillos?