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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Warrior''''' was one of two [[Warrior Class Frigate (1860)|''Warrior'' Class armoured frigates]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Warrior''''' was one of two [[Warrior Class Frigate (1860)|''Warrior'' Class armoured frigates]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
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There was also a {{UK-Warrior|f=t}} launched in 1905.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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The ship was paid out of commission at Portsmouth on the morning of 22 November, 1864.{{NMI|22 Nov. 1864, p. 10}}
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Amazingly, ''Warrior'' was placed into dockyard hands at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1894, despite being then the oldest ironclad in the Navy, to be modernized with new 30-pound pressure box boilers, which were in store, for further service.{{NMI| Tuesday, May 01, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34252}}
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She was commissioned at Portsmouth as a depot ship for torpedo boats and T.B.Ds. on 16 July, 1902.{{NLMay03|p. 313''a''}}  This stint of service did not last long, as she again in the hands of a Chief Engineer in 1904.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Gordon Douglas|nick=Robert G. Douglas|appt=15 March, 1878<ref>Email from great-grandson Rick Walker to Tone, 20170210.</ref>|end=6 January, 1881<ref>Email from great-grandson Rick Walker to Tone, 20170210.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane|nick=Arthur A. L. P. Cochrane|appt=1 August, 1861<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Warrior_(1860) Wikipedia page on ''Warrior.]</ref>|end=22 November, 1864|note=followed by a period out of commission}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Corbett|nick=John Corbett|appt=1 July, 1867<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/583.|D7597978}} f. 230.</ref>|end=25 July, 1867<ref>Corbett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/583.|D7597978}} f. 230.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Boys|nick=Henry Boys|appt=25 July, 1867<ref>[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1004 William Loney RN Website.]</ref>|end=20 August, 1869<ref>[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1004 William Loney RN Website.]</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Henry Stirling|nick=Frederick H. Stirling|appt=21 August, 1869<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1144.|}} f. 1287.</ref>|end=22 February, 1870<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1144.|}} f. 1287.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Carr Glyn|nick=Henry C. Glyn|appt=22 February, 1870<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|end=1 August, 1871<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|note=left for one month's temporary service in ''Royal Adelaide''}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Carr Glyn|nick=Henry C. Glyn|appt=31 August, 1871<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>|end=15 September, 1871<ref>Glyn Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1415.|}} f. 530.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Henry Whyte|nick=William H. Whyte|appt=1 April, 1875<ref>Whyte Service Recvord.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1506.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=15 March, 1878<ref>Whyte Service Recvord.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1506.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Gordon Douglas|nick=Robert G. Douglas|appt=15 March, 1878<ref>Email from great-grandson Richard Walker to Tone, 20170210.</ref>|end=6 January, 1881<ref>Email from great-grandson Richard Walker to Tone, 20170210.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Samuel Philip Townsend|nick=Samuel P. Townsend|appt=1 May, 1881|end=27 November, 1882}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Stanley Adeane|nick=Edward S. Adeane|appt=27 November, 1882|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|nick=John M. de Robeck|appt=16 July, 1902<ref>De Robeck Service Record ADM 196/42.</ref>|end=30 May, 1903<ref>De Robeck Service Record ADM 196/42.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 29 May 2022

H.M.S. Warrior (1860)
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Blackwall
Laid down: 25 May, 1859
Launched: 29 Dec, 1860
Completed: 24 Oct, 1861
Museum Ship: 1979
Fate: in Portsmouth

H.M.S. Warrior was one of two Warrior Class armoured frigates completed for the Royal Navy.

There was also a armoured cruiser Warrior launched in 1905.

Service

The ship was paid out of commission at Portsmouth on the morning of 22 November, 1864.[1]

Amazingly, Warrior was placed into dockyard hands at Portsmouth on 30 April, 1894, despite being then the oldest ironclad in the Navy, to be modernized with new 30-pound pressure box boilers, which were in store, for further service.[2]

She was commissioned at Portsmouth as a depot ship for torpedo boats and T.B.Ds. on 16 July, 1902.[3] This stint of service did not last long, as she again in the hands of a Chief Engineer in 1904.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 22 Nov. 1864, p. 10.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 01, 1894; pg. 8; Issue 34252.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 313a.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia page on Warrior.
  5. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/583. f. 230.
  6. ↑ Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/583. f. 230.
  7. ↑ William Loney RN Website.
  8. ↑ William Loney RN Website.
  9. ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1144. f. 1287.
  10. ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1144. f. 1287.
  11. ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  12. ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  13. ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  14. ↑ Glyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1415. f. 530.
  15. ↑ Whyte Service Recvord. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Whyte Service Recvord. The National Archives. ADM 196/37/1506. f. ?.
  17. ↑ Email from great-grandson Richard Walker to Tone, 20170210.
  18. ↑ Email from great-grandson Richard Walker to Tone, 20170210.
  19. ↑ De Robeck Service Record ADM 196/42.
  20. ↑ De Robeck Service Record ADM 196/42.


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