(04-18-2013, 08:28 PM)Craig Hipkins Wrote: The Royal Navy only had a handful of ironclads in their fleet when the Monitor and Merrimack clashed in their epic battle. One of these ships was a frigate, HMS Warrior that was Captained by Jacky Fisher who later became Britain's First Sea Lord. Great Britain only started working on ironclads after the French decided to experiment with them.
Craig
Another Jacky Fisher aficionado!!! As he was born in 1841 he was not commanding anything at this time despite recognition of his genius. At age 13 which was the custom he became a midshipman in the RN. He later said the entrance exam consisted of his writing out the Lord's Prayer and jumping naked over a chair.
I would kill for a mini series involving Fisher and his stormy relationships with people such as Winston Churchill.
Tom
Ironclad ship battle
