The Aetna-class ironclad floating batteries were built during the Crimean War for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications. Britain and France each laid down five of these coastal attack vessels in 1854. The French used three of their batteries in 1855 against the defences at Kinburn on the Black Sea, where they were effective against Russian shore defences. The British plan to use theirs in the Baltic Sea against Kronstadt in 1856 was influential in causing the Russians to sue for peace. The development of such iron-armoured batteries was a step towards the development of ironclad warships. "These armoured batteries were among the most revolutionary ships ever built and provided British and French designers with the germ of the battleship."
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| - La classe Aetna fu una classe di batterie galleggianti della Royal Navy, in servizio dal 1855 al 1873. La classe ricalcava le linee della classe Dévastation in servizio nella Marine nationale, e anch'essa fu costruita durante la guerra di Crimea con lo scopo di attaccare le fortificazioni costiere russe, ma al contrario delle sorelle francesi, le batterie britanniche furono completate troppo tardi per prendere parte al conflitto. La capoclasse, la , rimase distrutta in un incendio e il suo nome acquisito dalla , ultima batteria della classe ad essere ordinata. Le altre batterie della classe furono la , la , la e la . (it)
- The Aetna-class ironclad floating batteries were built during the Crimean War for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications. Britain and France each laid down five of these coastal attack vessels in 1854. The French used three of their batteries in 1855 against the defences at Kinburn on the Black Sea, where they were effective against Russian shore defences. The British plan to use theirs in the Baltic Sea against Kronstadt in 1856 was influential in causing the Russians to sue for peace. The development of such iron-armoured batteries was a step towards the development of ironclad warships. "These armoured batteries were among the most revolutionary ships ever built and provided British and French designers with the germ of the battleship." (en)
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| - The Aetna-class ironclad floating batteries were built during the Crimean War for the attack of Russian coastal fortifications. Britain and France each laid down five of these coastal attack vessels in 1854. The French used three of their batteries in 1855 against the defences at Kinburn on the Black Sea, where they were effective against Russian shore defences. The British plan to use theirs in the Baltic Sea against Kronstadt in 1856 was influential in causing the Russians to sue for peace. The development of such iron-armoured batteries was a step towards the development of ironclad warships. "These armoured batteries were among the most revolutionary ships ever built and provided British and French designers with the germ of the battleship." One of the British batteries, Trusty, was used for trials in 1861 with a prototype rotating turret, based on Captain Cowper Phipps Coles' designs. (en)
- La classe Aetna fu una classe di batterie galleggianti della Royal Navy, in servizio dal 1855 al 1873. La classe ricalcava le linee della classe Dévastation in servizio nella Marine nationale, e anch'essa fu costruita durante la guerra di Crimea con lo scopo di attaccare le fortificazioni costiere russe, ma al contrario delle sorelle francesi, le batterie britanniche furono completate troppo tardi per prendere parte al conflitto. La capoclasse, la , rimase distrutta in un incendio e il suo nome acquisito dalla , ultima batteria della classe ad essere ordinata. Le altre batterie della classe furono la , la , la e la . (it)
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