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NH 52526 HMS Wivern

Photo #: NH 52526 HMS Wivern
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Title: HMS Wivern
Description: (British Turret Ironclad, 1865-1922) At anchor in the Hamoaze River, off Plymouth, England, in 1865. The original print is mounted on a carte de visite. Note the lowered bulwarks abreast her two turrets, hammocks stowed around the turret tops to form rifle pits, and her tripod fore and main masts. She was reportedly the first ship fitted with tripod masts, which eliminated standing rigging, thus increasing the arc of her turrets' gunfire. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 52526
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