Battle of Lissa, 1866
Battle of Lissa, 1866 It has often been said that, so slow was the process of change in naval warfare, Sir Francis Drake would if he was transported to the quarterdeck of the Victory not feel out of…
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Battle of Lissa, 1866
It has often been said that, so slow was the process of change in naval warfare, Sir Francis Drake would if he was transported to the quarterdeck of the Victory not feel out of place. As a result of the Industrial Revolution the ships that fought the battle of Lissa would have been unrecognisable to DrakeThe principal changes had been the introduction of steam power, of shell guns and of armour plating. Half a century on from the end of the Napoleonic wars, a total transformation had taken place in every aspect of naval warfare.
And the effect of shell guns was hugely increased by the development of rifled ordnance.The Industrial Revolution came first to Britain, and it was here that the earliest experiments were The use of steam engines to power warships was substantially assisted by the invention of the screw propeller which quickly made paddle steamers obsolete.
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