HMS Warrior (1860)

HMS Warrior
History
United Kingdom
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
Renamed	Vernon III, March 1904 Warrior, 1 October 1923 Oil Fuel Hulk C77, 27 August 1942 HMS Warrior (1860), 1985
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)
Installed power	5,772 ihp (4,304 kW) 10 rectangular boilers
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
Armament	26 × Smoothbore muzzle-loading 68-pounder (206 mm) guns 10 × Rifled breechloading 110-pounder (178 mm) guns 4 × Rifled breechloading 40-pounder (121 mm) guns
Armour	Belt: 4.5 in (114 mm) Bulkheads: 4.5 in (114 mm)

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.