4 Dec 1867, took place at the first sight unremarkable event that opened is actually a completely new era in military shipbuilding. The stocks of the steel company “William Armstrong and company”, noted for his work in the field of armaments and hydraulics, in the waters of the river Tyne in Newcastle went first built it the ship — the gunboat “Staunch”. The value of the birth of this small gunboats designed by firm Manager George Ringelem, it is difficult to overestimate. Tiny ship, which cost just 6700 pounds, became the ancestor of a number of warships, primarily cruisers, the glory “Armstrong” and transformed the enterprises of the average breeder in this Empire arms.
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