Timewatch

Season 25, Episode 10

Episode Title: The Iron Coffin

Air Date: 2006-05-05

Overview:

The first ever exchange of fire between iron-clad ships took place on 9 March 1862 and changed the course of the American Civil War. But what was it like to serve inside these primitive battleships, one of which was dubbed "the iron coffin" by its fearful 19th-century crew? 4/6.