Tuesday, September 29, 2026

French "Ironclad" Redoutable in dry dock, the first warship in the world to be built in steel, c. 1875.

 


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  1. The cheese-eating "Frogs" of yesteryear were pretty awesome.

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    1. Monkeys eh?
      Yeah because they didn’t fall for the “weapons of mass destruction” ruse to goad us into the Iraqi war ?
      The Resistance in France during WWII would like to have a chat with you, Schlomo.

      Sad because that country cannot even defend itself from the slow motion muzzie invasion going on….

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  2. That's interesting. The Monitor and the Merrimack in the US Civil War were made of wrought iron, not steel.

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