HMS Warrior – the warship that revolutionised naval construction.
Warrior, launched in 1860, was the ultimate deterrent of her day. She represented a giant leap forward in naval architecture and weaponry and took 35 months to complete.
Yet, so revolutionary was Warrior and such was the pace of technological progress that, within 10 years, she was obsolete.
In the next 100 years she was used as a depot ship, a storage hulk and then formed part of the RN Torpedo Training School at Portsmouth. Finally, after 50 years as an oil jetty in Milford Haven, she was rescued and towed to Hartlepool to be restored to her original glory.
Now Warrior is proudly berthed within Portsmouth Historic Dockyard for generations more to discover, experience and enjoy.
Every detail, however minute, has been recreated – from the magnificent Penn steam engine to the gilded figurehead; from the officers’ cabins to the mess tables and guns used by the crew.
Warrior, her Red Ensign flying, is a tribute to Victorian innovation, the skills of her restorers and to the Warrior Preservation Trust.
