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4 unusual facts about Prince Consort-class ironclad

Prince Consort-class ironclad

Clowes, William Laird Four Modern Naval Campaigns, Historical Strategical, and Tactical, first published Unit Library, 1902, reprinted Cornmarket Press, 1970.

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Brown, David K. Warrior to Dreadnought, Warship Development 1860–1905, published Chatham Publishing, 1997.

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Lambert, Andrew Warrior, Restoring the World's First Ironclad, published Conway Maritime Press, 1987.

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Lambert, Andrew Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860, published Conway Maritime Press, 1984.

Alma-class ironclad

This was an attack by the French on the forts defending the mouth of the Perfume River, leading to the Vietnamese capital of Huế in an attempt to intimidate the Vietnamese government.

Audacious

Audacious-class ironclad, Victorian-era battleship class of the Royal Navy

Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais

Later the same day, however, at the Battle of Cacabelos, British Rifleman Thomas Plunket, a noted sharpshooter in the 95th Rifles, one of the British units still under effective military discipline, advanced alone towards the French.

Baths and wash houses in Britain

The first London public baths was opened at Goulston Square, Whitechapel, in 1847 with the Prince consort laying the foundation stone.

Blackett baronets

He was educated at Eton College and served in the Rifle Brigade in the Crimean War and was seriously injured at the Sebastopol Redan.

Buildings and structures in Belfast

The Albert Clock stands at the end of High Street, and was designed by William J. Barre and built in memory of Queen Victoria's Prince Consort, Prince Albert.

City-class ironclad

At about the same time that McClellan received the letter, he also had a naval officer, Commander John Rodgers, added to his staff.

Clumber Spaniel

Prince Albert, the Prince consort of Queen Victoria, was a fancier and promoter of the breed, as was his son King Edward VII, who bred them at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk.

Friern Hospital

The foundation stone was laid by the Prince Consort in 1849 and the building was completed in November 1850.

George Dundas

Dundas purchased a Second Lieutenantcy in the Rifle Brigade in 1839, serving in various places such as Bermuda and Nova Scotia.

Hector-class ironclad

Hector was assigned as Queen Victoria's guard ship nearly every summer during this period when the Queen and her family, were in residence in Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.

Horace Thomas

He reached the rank of Second Lieutenant within the Rifle Brigade and was killed in battle at Guillemont in September 1916.

John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton

He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War.

Kaiser-class ironclad

The Kaiser-class design was prepared in 1869 by Sir Edward Reed; their construction was awarded to the Samuda Brothers shipyard in London.

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The squadron, under the command of Rear Admiral Carl Ferdinand Batsch, steamed to the ports of Haifa and Jaffa in July 1877, but found no significant tensions ashore.