Tag: ironclad

Tommaso de Simone, Italian 1805-1888 The sail and steamship HMS Pallas coming into port, c. 1884 Oil on canvas 26×39.5 Private collection HMS Pallas was a purpose-built wooden-hulled ironclad of the Royal Navy, designed as a private venture by Sir Edward Reed, and accepted by the Board of Admiralty because, as an economy measure, they wished…