Note 94 — X. THE COMING OF THE IRONCLAD.
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In 1863, three ironclads, the Lord Clyde and Lord Warden, of 7,840 tons, and a small ship, the Pallas, 3,660 tons, were constructed with wooden hulls, in order to use up the stores of timber which had been accumulated.—See p. 70, Our Ironclad Ships, by Sir E. J. Reed.