Table of Contents

Introduction
Creation of a fleet
Ironclad designs
The European option
Shipbuilding
The Ironclad’s role
Officers and men
Ordnance
Life on board
Tactics
The Confederate Ironclads
Bibliography
Color plate commentary
Index

About the Author

Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.

Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years experience. He has a keen interest in military hardware – armour, small arms, aircraft and ships – and has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series.