Warrior class battleship

Warrior class battleship

The two-ship "Warrior" class was a revolutionary British Royal Navy battleship design of the mid 19th century. They were the second type of ocean going iron-clad warships ever constructed, after the French "Gloire".

Initially, they were classed as frigates, armed with 40 × 68 pdr (31 kg) guns. This was modified during construction to 10 × 110 pdrs (50 kg), 26 × 68 pdrs (31 kg), and 4 × 70 pdrs (32 kg). Both ships were refitted and rearmed in 1867 (see "general characteristics" below).

HMS "Warrior" was laid down at the Thames Iron Works and Ship Building Company, Blackwall, London, 25 May 1859. She had frozen solid to her slipway, and had to be tediously pulled out using tugs 29 December 1860. She was completed 24 October 1861. She joined the Channel Squadron in July 1862 and was removed from active service in 1883.

She was converted to a depot ship in 1902, renamed "Vernon III" 1904, and was hulked in 1923 at Portsmouth Harbor. There, she was converted once more into an oil pipeline pier and renamed C77. In 1979 "C77" was moved to Hartlepool and restored. "Warrior" can now be seen alongside HMS Victory at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

"Black Prince" had a longer sea-going career. She was laid down 12 October 1859, launched 27 February 1861 and completed 12 September 1862. Converted to a training ship in 1899 and renamed "Emerald" 1903 and "Impregnable III" 1910, she was sold for scrap 21 March 1923.

External links

* [http://www.flagship.org.uk/welcome.html Portsmouth Historic Dockyard]


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