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
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.
Warrior accompanied by Black Prince, by Charles Edward Dixon
French ironclad Gloire
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The French ironclad Gloire was the first ocean-going ironclad, launched in 1859. She was developed after the Crimean War, in response to new developments of naval gun technology, especially the Paixha
HMS Warrior (1860)
…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 following the 1873…
Gloire anchored, 1869
Photograph of Gloire, circa 1860, at the Musée de la Marine, Paris.
The launch of Gloire.
Gloire sailing, 19th century print.