HMS Warrior

Update 28.02.2024
Current Name HMS Warrior
Previous Name Oil Fuel Hulk C77 (until 1979), Vernon III (until 1929), HMS Warrier (until 1904)
Manager 'HMS WARRIOR' Preservation Trust, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Owner 'HMS WARRIOR' Preservation Trust, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Flag United Kingdom
Port of Registry Portsmouth
Type of Ship ironclad
Completion 1861
Shipyard Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Blackwall, London, United Kingdom
Overall Length [m] 128,00
Registered Breadth [m] 17,80
Maximum Draught [m] 8,20
Propulsion [KW] 4.245
Propulsion [BHP] 5.772
Speed [Kn] 14,1
Additional Information displacement: 9,284 ts; rigging as sailing ship: fully rigged ship - main armament: 10x 100-pounder guns, 26x 68-pounder guns and 4x 40-pounder guns. History: launched in 1860 and commissioned in 1861, >HMS Warrior< was the first oceangoing iron-hulled ironclad and the pride of Queen Victoria's fleet. Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest, fastest and most powerful ship of her day and had a profound effect on naval architecture. >HMS Warrior< was, in her time, the ultimate deterrent. Yet within a few years she was obsolete. Having introduced a revolution in naval architecture, by 1864 >HMS Warrior< was superseded by faster designs, with bigger guns and thicker armour. By 1871 she was no longer regarded as the crack ship she had once been, and her roles were downgraded to Coastguard and reserve services. In May of 1883 her fore and main masts were found to be rotten, and not considered worth the cost of repair, >HMS Warrior< was placed in the reserve, eventually converted to a floating school for the Navy and renamed >Vernon III< in 1904. Put up for sale as scrap in 1924, no buyer could be found, and so, in March 1929 she left Portsmouth to be taken to Pembroke Dock and converted into a floating oil pontoon, renamed again as >Oil Fuel Hulk C77<. Some 5,000 ships refueled alongside her in her 50 years at Pembroke. She remained in that rule until 1979, at which point she was donated by the Navy to the Maritime Trust for restoration. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, >HMS Warrior< has been based in Portsmouth since 1987. By 1978, she was the only surviving example of the "Black Battle Fleet" - the 45 iron hulls built for the Royal Navy between 1861 and 1877 -.
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