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HMS Warrior (1860)
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HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were th
Warrior
Warrior
One of the replica 110-pounder breech-loaders on the restored Warrior
One of the replica 110-pounder breech-loaders on the restored Warrior
Cross section of Warrior's bulkhead armour. Iron on the right backed by teak.
Cross section of Warrior's bulkhead armour. Iron on the right backed by teak.
Warrior accompanied by Black Prince, by Charles Edward Dixon
Warrior accompanied by Black Prince, by Charles Edward Dixon
Ironclad warship
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An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s. The ironclad was developed as a result of the vulnerability of wooden warships to e
HMS Warrior (1860)
…HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. Warrior conducted a publicity tour of Great Britain in 1863 and spent her active career with the Channel Squadron. Obsolescent…
Napoléon (1850), the first steam battleship
Napoléon (1850), the first steam battleship
A Paixhans naval shell gun. 1860 engraving
A Paixhans naval shell gun. 1860 engraving
French Navy ironclad floating battery Lave, 1854. This ironclad, together with the similar Tonnante and Dévastation, vanquished Russian land batteries
French Navy ironclad floating battery Lave, 1854. This ironclad, together with the similar Tonnante and Dévastation, vanquished Russian land batteries at the Battle of Kinburn (1855).