When navies adopted metal bracing in wooden ships

How long did it take other countries to adopt metal bracing in their wooden warships?

Not very long where ironmaking capacity and the need to build sufficiently large ships made the technique useful.

Metal bracing spread relatively quickly where countries had both the industrial capacity and a reason to use it. The strength of the national iron industry affected how readily builders could adopt the method. Ship size also mattered because the need arose with particular kinds of construction. The intended work of the ships provided another reason for adoption. There is no single adoption interval given for all countries.