ct ertz
01-20-2012, 12:53 PM
I skipped a head a bit, and I am taking a quick break from the compounds of the river steamers to work on this ironclad. The pland were drawn up in December of 1861 by E.M. Ivens and John Clark, and proposed to the Tift Brothers for building. The Tift Brothers calculated that they could have built two of these small ironclads with the left overs they would have from their work on the the Mississippi, and so had engines salvaged for the purpose. Boilers where ordered, and slips constructed.
Had the ships been made, they would have been constructed in the same blocky and simple manner as the Mississippi, but would have been 200 feet long overall by 50 feet in beam. The casemate, slanted at 30 degrees and protected by 4 inches of iron, would contain up to six guns, the four corner guns on pivots.
I will soon be looking for a test builder for this, then back to those curvy river boats!
Had the ships been made, they would have been constructed in the same blocky and simple manner as the Mississippi, but would have been 200 feet long overall by 50 feet in beam. The casemate, slanted at 30 degrees and protected by 4 inches of iron, would contain up to six guns, the four corner guns on pivots.
I will soon be looking for a test builder for this, then back to those curvy river boats!