Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Spithead” in article 19 of The Daily Dispatch: April 19, 1862., [Electronic resource]:
... and the iron gunboat Monitor, belonging to the Federal States; and ask whether, in consequence of the results of that action, it would not be prudent to suspend the construction of fortifications at Spithead until the question of the construction of iron-roofed gunboats had been fully considered.
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