Just before the advent of ironclad warships the sides were build of an awful lot of wood. The frigate Jylland (see picture) has 20 inch thick sides of oak in 4 cris crossing and overlapping layers. It took 1500 mature oak trees to build a ship like that.
However, the invention of stronger cannon...
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