Talk:Sachsen-class ironclad

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here. Parsecboy (talk) 17:27, 7 January 2016 (UTC)


 * And here. Parsecboy (talk) 17:30, 7 January 2016 (UTC)

Frigate or Corvette?
Was the German term for these ships ausfallkorvette or 'sortie corvette'? They were certainly very different beasts from the ironclad frigates of the German fleet, which all featured the very traditional frigate feature of a single complete gun deck below the full-length spar deck. This class notably lacked this feature. I am sure there is a sound reason behind calling them frigates, but is that what they were? These ships have also been described in some texts as 'central citadel ironclads', based on their armour layout. Clearly that is not a more appropriate description than 'frigate' but, one wonders if a return to simply 'ironclad' in the meantime would be? 2A00:23C7:3119:AD01:C9F4:BB37:E4D6:B7C9 (talk) 10:32, 9 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Armored corvette is probably where we should land - I can't recall why I chose frigate back in 2007, but I agree that it's not right. Parsecboy (talk) 15:03, 9 February 2023 (UTC)