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HMS Warrior was the first battleship with a hull made of iron. It was built in response to the French ironclad warship Gloire. It is in Portsmouth, England with the HMS Victory and the remains of the Mary Rose, a ship belonging to Henry VIII of England.
HMS warriorjune20092.jpg HMS Warrior | |
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Name: | HMS Warrior |
Ordered: | 11 May 1859 |
Builder: | Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall, London |
Cost: | £377,292 |
Laid down: | About August 1859 |
Launched: | 29 December 1860 |
Commissioned: | 1 August 1861 |
Decommissioned: | 31 May 1883 |
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Status: | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Warrior-class armoured frigate |
Displacement: | 9,137 long tons (9,284 t) |
Length: | 420 ft (128.0 m) (o/a) |
Beam: | 58 ft 4 in (17.8 m) |
Draught: | 26 ft 10 in (8.2 m) |
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Propulsion: | 1 shaft, 1 Trunk steam engine |
Sail plan: | Ship rig |
Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Range: | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement: | 706 officers and enlisted men |
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HMS Warrior (1860) Media
A reproduction of the pistons of HMS Warrior's engines
Warrior accompanied by Black Prince, by Charles Edward Dixon
Other websites
Media related to HMS Warrior (ship, 1860) at Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Warrior website
- StVincent.ac.uk Archived 2010-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
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Coordinates: 50°47′53.88″N 1°06′33.84″W / 50.7983000°N 1.1094000°W