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became quite clear that the warship of 

 the future must be steam-driven, with a 

 screw out of range of gun-shot, and that 

 she must have a smaller free-board, and 

 also that the latter should be armoured. 

 So the day had dawned for the iron 

 warship with its hidden screw, but not 

 for some years were sails dispensed 

 with. 



To France must go the honour of pro- 

 ducing the first armoured warship. A 

 wooden frigate, named La Gloire, was 

 taken in hand and its most vulnerable 

 parts cased in with iron armour not steel 

 as yet. 



When the British Admiralty heard that 

 they were no longer in the van, they 

 awoke rather suddenly and at once con- 

 verted their yawn into an exclamation of 

 surprise. Then action followed. 



Thus, in 1859 v *de our " tree " we 

 got the first British ironclad, the Warrior. 

 Her coming created as great a stir as did 

 the Dreadnought of nearly thirty years 



