Talk:Monitor (warship)

message: I'm not expert enough to change the page, but I'd make a couple of suggestions which, if right, could be added to the page.
While much factual information is given, my understanding is that the monitors' role was essentially as a floating gun platforms with one or two (or more??) guns much heavier than normal for craft of this size, and slow speed. The article does not make this clear (as of 19 April 2005). I believe monitors were more used against land targets than for naval warfare, with the exception of the well-known USS Monitor.
Monitors continued to be constructed until World War II, Some monitors had 15-inch guns, while the largest guns widely used on battleships were 16-inch. (A few battleships had 18-inch guns, but they had a reputation for more recoil damage to their host than gunnery damage to the enemy). The impression is given in the article that the monitors were superseded by ironclad battleships. The first ironclad battleship was commishioned in 1861 (HMS Warrior); it would be more appropriate to consider perhaps the bomb ketch (carrying one very large mortar) of about the time of the Peninsular war giving way to early monitors then to WWI and WWII monitors; and the old wooden ship-of-the-line giving way to increasingly powerful ironclad battleships from 1861 on.
213.208.107.91 03:10, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree with defining a monitor as a floating gun platform.  I also note that the U.S. Civil War era monitors were indeed heavily armored.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.88.236.192 (talk) 13:18, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggestions 

message: Quote: "One British monitor mounting an 18 inch gun was able to shell a bridge several miles inland". Question: Which? ((RJP 11:39, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: General Wolfe, one of the Lord Clive class monitors, the gun in question came from those for the "large light cruisers" (see Glorious class aircraft carrier) for an explanation. GraemeLeggett 12:26, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. (RJP 13:38, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Armament

message: In the sentence "Only one United States Navy monitor, the Amphitrite (laid down in 1874), still existed at the start of the war", the words (laid down in 1874) have just been added by me, because it is possible for a reader to assume that the Amphitrite was some sort of modern ship when it fact it is ancient. I was surprised to see that it was old as it was, as the reference gave no clue that this ship was anything other than an antique. Hi There 05:10, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Twentieth century -> Second World War

message: i added the short story of one of famousest River monitors "Zheleznyakov" in Soviet Union. please dont crash it all. 
i think the story of soviet monitors shall be told in wikipedia to. not only they were build until WW2 they were also big part of action during the WW2 in the south west and far east of Soviet Union and Asian battles.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.245.63.234 (talk) 16:45, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Soviet river monitors

message: respectfully oppose; the subject merits a separate article, also there's too much material there to merge in & the monitor article is already fairly long; adding all of that to it wouldn't be helpful for either topic. Lx 121 (talk) 02:15, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I think that a brief "river monitors" section can be added to this article with a main article link instead. Karmos (talk) 23:03, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  re: merge proposal (river monitor into monitor) 

message: Hi,
slightly curious that there is no link to the "Admiral Spiridov" class monitors (or other monitors, for all I know).
Today it was on WP front page, and clicking "Monitor" to learn more, there was no way to get to those russkies.
T85.166.161.51 (talk) 13:15, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Linking? 

message: I didn't want to edit the article as I don't know is this source reliable enough, but in a book by Russell F. Weigley titled "A Great Civil War. A Military and Political History, 1861-1865" published in the year 2000 I've just read that the name of the USS Monitor came indeed from admonishing, like it is suggested above. You may find this information on the page number 121.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.146.133.218 (talk) 21:51, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  The origins of the term 

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message: The photo in this article of "probably the USS Sangamon" is listed as a photo of "probably USS Patapsco" in ironclad warship.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.212.97 (talk) 22:26, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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message: Do y'all think it would be a good idea to rename this article Monitor (warship type) or Monitor (type of warship) to better differentiate it from the namesake USS Monitor? Wandavianempire (talk) 18:57, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename proposal