- HMS Warrior
Four ships and one
shore establishment of theRoyal Navy have been named HMS "Warrior".*HMS "Warrior" was a 74-gun
third-rate ship of the line launched in 1781. She became areceiving ship after 1818, aconvict ship after 1840, and was broken up in 1857.
*HMS "Warrior" was the firstironclad ocean-going armouredbattleship , and was launched in 1860. She became a depot ship in 1902, was renamed HMS "Vernon III" in 1904, and hulked as HMS "Warrior" in 1923. She was handed over for preservation as "Warrior" in 1979, and is preserved atPortsmouth as amuseum ship .
*HMS "Warrior" was a "Duke of Edinburgh" classarmoured cruiser launched in 1905. She was disabled at thebattle of Jutland in 1916 and foundered a day later.
*HMS "Warrior" was a "Colossus"-class light fleetaircraft carrier launched in 1944, having had her name changed from HMS "Brave" in 1942. She was loaned to Canada from 1946 to 1948, then sold toArgentina and renamed ARA "Independencia" in 1958.
*HMS "Warrior" was the name assigned to the operational headquarters of the Royal Navy in Northwood,London from 1963. The base became the Joint Headquarters in 1996, before being decommissioned in 1999 to become the Joint Services Headquarters.References
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External links
* [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/DoctrineOperationsandDiplomacy/PJHQ/TheHmsWarriorStory.htm MoD: The HMS Warrior Story]
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