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Warrior, 1860
Type: Battleship, 3rd Class, Armoured ; late Ironclad broadside frigate ; Armament 26 x 68 pdrs, 10 x 100 pdrs, 4 x 40 pdrs
Launched : 29 Dec 1860 ;
Disposal Details : Preserved at Portsmouth
BM: 6109 tons ; Displacement: 9137 tons
Propulsion: Screw and sail Complement: 635
Machinery notes: 5469 hpi 1250 hp ; Speed ; 14.3 knots ;
Notes:
Some brief notes on the Warrior.
The First Ironclad.
1860 Screw Steam Ship, rated as a 36
1 Aug 1861 Commissioned at Woolwich.
1 Jan to 22 Nov 1964 Home Station. Reports of Small Pox, Scarlatina, and diseases of the Alimentary Canal onboard. Number of Cases of Disease and Injury.
22 Nov 1964 Paid off.
1870 Channel Squadron
Aug 1877 guard-ship at Cowes.
Autumn 1877 Coast Guard, Portland
1879 Ship of First Reserve.
1879 Coast Guard Service, Portland.
1879 Temporarily employed with the Channel Squadron
1879 Tenders: Coast Guard Cruizers: Chance, Mary, Seamew and Skylark.
1879 Paymaster for service on shore borne on the books (is this and others mentioned where ships are based in a port the origine of the Base Supply Officer that we know today ?)
1890 Portsmouth. Officers borne in "Asia".
1902 Converted to Depot Ship
1904 Renamed Vernon III.
Hulked and used as an Oil Pipeline Pier At Pembroke.
1923 Renamed Warrior, hulk.
1945 Renamed C77.
1987 Restored; still extant.