At the time of launch, she was the largest wooden warship ever built by a Dutch shipyard.

Battery number seven was a heated shot position, using ammunition particularly effective against wooden warships.

With the iron ship out of the battle we have those wooden warships to think about.

This indicates that the growth in size of wooden warships caused structural problems which only gradually were solved.

These were the most striking and intimidating of all wooden warships, replacing elegance with majesty.

It was a powerful weapon against wooden warships, where fire was always a hazard.

From that time on the use of heated projectiles became increasingly important, especially against the wooden warships of the period.

Ericsson had recognized that because of steam power and gun shells, wooden warships were obsolete.

It also demonstrated, deKay concludes, that the day of the wooden warship was over.

The battle attracted attention worldwide, making it clear that the wooden warship was now out of date, with the ironclads destroying them easily.