Talk:Ironclad Battleship/@comment-65.49.14.146-20150319001737/@comment-26170121-20150412172203

You guys need to use Wikipedia. The first ironclad was the French Gloire. And ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel plates. Korean turtle ships, while considered the first armored ships, were not steam-propelled, so aren't classified as an ironclad warship.