Last Civil War Monitor

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

[Arkansas Harper SASS #33169]

Knut Oscar Ericssson is my great Grandfather.  John Ericsson is his brother.  John Also developed the screw propeller.  There is a statue of him near the Lincoln Memorial

 

Arkansas Harper

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

They developed the Monitor concept into the 1890s and were woefully obsolete by the time they were launched. This is the USS Terror. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Terror_(BM-4)

Edited November 28, 2025 by Abilene Slim SASS 81783

[watab kid]

i get what both the monitor and meremack series of vessels were a fter , it was the developmental time in armored warships , but neither were all that great , with the cannon of the times it was the approaches that made sense 

[Still hand Bill]

The monitors were a definite innovation at the time and probably quite effective when used correctly.  Unfortunately they suffered in rough seas.  I can see how the gun turret monitor morphed into the battleship based on how the later monitors were used for shore bombardment.  

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

The Brits used monitors in WWI

 

 

And WWII

 

 

Used for costal bombardment.

[Rip Snorter]

Excellent read H.M.S. Saracen by Douglas Reeman a Monitor in 2 wars.

Edited November 29, 2025 by Rip Snorter
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[Dapper Dave]

That was really neat for this old ex-sailor.