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HMS Warrior was the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warship, built for the Royal Navy by The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Limited. in 1859 she was launched in December 1860 and commissioned in August 1861. She Cost: £377,292. When complete Warrior was the largest, fastest, most heavily armed and most heavily armoured warship the world had seen.
Warrior did not introduce any radical new technology, but for the first time combined steam engines, rifled breech-loading guns, iron construction, iron armour and the propeller in one ship, and all built to an unprecedented scale. Warrior was withdrawn as a fighting ship in May 1883. She went on to be Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is now a museum ship in Portsmouth, England.
Come aboard we are going to explore an ironclad Warrior
Got you orders report aboard to the officers quarters
Now you have stowed your kit time to view the lower decks, off to the galley and we have a laundry too
now you must see the gun decks this might be your station
To visit the official Warrior site click the link below
Hms Warrior is located at
HM Naval Base ,
Victory Gate Main Rd,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire PO1 3QX
Telephone 023 9277 8604
Time to stoke the boilers with coal
The photo,s on this site are all pictures that i have taken myself and although i am
not a professional photographer i do like going out and having fun with my camera
and just thought i would share my efforts with any one who wishes to see them. I
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