H.M.S. Warrior (1860)

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H.M.S. Warrior (1860)
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Blackwall
Laid down: 25 May, 1859
Launched: 29 Dec, 1860
Completed: 24 Oct, 1861
Museum Ship: 1979
Fate: in Portsmouth
H.M.S. Warrior was one of two Warrior Class armoured frigates completed for the Royal Navy.

There was also a armoured cruiser Warrior launched in 1905.

Service

Amazingly, Warrior was placed into dockyard hands at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1894, despite being then the oldest ironclad in the Navy, to be modernized with new 30-pound pressure box boilers, which were in store, for further service.[1]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 01, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34252.
  2. Wikipedia page on Warrior.
  3. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/583. f. 230.
  4. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/583. f. 230.
  5. William Loney RN Website.
  6. William Loney RN Website.
  7. Wikipedia page on Warrior.
  8. Wikipedia page on Warrior.
  9. Email from great-grandson Richard Walker to Tone, 20170210.
  10. Email from great-grandson Richard Walker to Tone, 20170210.
  11. Wikipedia page on Warrior.


Warrior Class Armoured Frigate
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