Construction of Petropavlovsk and Sevastopol ironclads began earlier, but they were planned as wooden frigates, converted to ironclad and were completed later.
For a moment it looked as though the wooden frigate were going to drag the ironclad to the bottom with her.
The steam-powered wooden frigates of the American Navy opened into a half-circle to engage the British warships, carefully staying clear of the menacing iron ship.
The first Shah was an iron hulled, wooden sheathed frigate launched in 1873.
She was the last wooden frigate built at Deptford Dockyard.
Endymion was the last wooden frigate built at Deptford.
Union wooden frigate.
Under his orders, old wooden frigates equipped with cannon were replaced with new iron and steel vessels outfitted with modern French and German artillery.
Under his tenure, it was rebuilt and strengthened, with new armored, steam powered vessels replacing the old wooden frigates of his father's reign.
USS Constitution is a wooden, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy.