ironclad ships

What Were Ironclads Used For? Ironclads were warships designed to be impervious to enemy shot and shell by virtue of their iron-armored wooden hulls. Other names for these ships include rams, armorclads, iron gophers, iron elephants, iron coffins, turtle-backs, and mud-crushers. What wars were ironclads used in? What is an ironclad? The ironclad was a