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Sailor Steve · 07-09-10, 01:42 PM

The Civil War was the beginning of the end of another conception as well - that forts were unassailable by ships. The use of ironclad batteries by the British and French against Sevastapol in 1855 was the first time that floating weapons had been even possible against fortified positions, and by the 1860s there were finally floating weapons powerful enough to be effective against mortar and stone, and at ranges long enough that the fort's guns had difficulty hitting the ships.

It was the beginning of the end for coastal forts.

07-09-10, 01:42 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	The Civil War was the beginning of the end of another conception as well - that forts were unassailable by ships. The use of ironclad batteries by the British and French against Sevastapol in 1855 was the first time that floating weapons had been even possible against fortified positions, and by the 1860s there were finally floating weapons powerful enough to be effective against mortar and stone, and at ranges long enough that the fort's guns had difficulty hitting the ships. It was the beginning of the end for coastal forts. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo