Demologos — First Steam Warship

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A sailing fleet. Not a steam-ship plan and not a likeness.

Overview

The vessel is already on Age of Sail — Era Overview. The first steam-powered warship, Demologos — First Steam Warship, was launched in 1814 — the era was already ending.¹

The Vessel

This note covers that 1814 launch and first-steam-warship role only. A builder, a gun-count, a rate, horsepower, and paddle versus screw stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Age of Sail Close — Steam, Iron, and Shell already used the close-of-era sentence. Steam Warships — Hardy 1830–1834 already used Hardy’s Royal Navy advocacy. Both notes left this American vessel as a red-link. Do not invent a named Royal Navy steam ship from this page.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail Close — Steam, Iron, and Shell
• Steam Warships — Hardy 1830–1834

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Weapons_Technology
• Innovation_Experimental_Index

Same Subject

• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail Close — Steam, Iron, and Shell
• Steam Warships — Hardy 1830–1834
• First Naval Lord — Hardy 1830–1834

Cross-Domain

• Royal Navy — Institutional Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. First steam-powered warship launched in 1814; a sign the sail era was already ending: Age of Sail — Era Overview. ↩

2. American vessel, not the close-of-era sentence and not Hardy’s advocacy: Age of Sail Close — Steam, Iron, and Shell and Steam Warships — Hardy 1830–1834. Do not invent a builder, a gun-count, a rate, horsepower, or paddle versus screw. ↩