ehhh... in that period ship designed progressed incredibly quickly. The first Ironclad ship, which was basically a wooden ship with iron plates bolted on to it, was launched in 1860 and the first dreadnought (what is in the picture) was launched in 1906.
Before 1860 everything was wooden and after 1906 ships basically looked like battleships, which were in service up until the 90s.
Fun fact! The New York-class battleships were Superdreadnoughts. For all intents and purposes, dreadnoughts but moreso, with larger displacement and heavier guns, plus ironing out some early version weirdness like the wing turrets seen in many early dreadnoughts
It should be noted that the US never did wing turrets on dreadnaughts. Our South Carolina class had superfiring turrets and was arguably better than HMS Dreadnaught as a result
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u/atape_1 3h ago
ehhh... in that period ship designed progressed incredibly quickly. The first Ironclad ship, which was basically a wooden ship with iron plates bolted on to it, was launched in 1860 and the first dreadnought (what is in the picture) was launched in 1906.
Before 1860 everything was wooden and after 1906 ships basically looked like battleships, which were in service up until the 90s.