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This is the story of HMS Warrior, Britain's first and last battleship, an ironclad - designed to match the French armoured ship, La Gloire - but which never fired a shot in anger. As one of the most influential warships ever built, it is significant that Warrior is the sole surviving 19th century capital ship in the world. This illustrated history details how the ship came to be build in 1860, records her officers and crew and considers her armament and machinery, her strength and her weaknesses. After active service she became part of the Vernon torpedo school in Portsmouth harbour before relegation as an oil fuel pontoon hulk at Pembroke Dock, Milford Haven. In 1979 the ship was towed to Hartlepool where the world's largest maritime project ever undertaken was accomplished by the Warrior Preservation Trust. Twelve detailed appendices help to make this jone of the most definitive accounts of an historic ship ever written, the perfect reference for those visiting her at Portsmouth.

ISBN: 0-85937-401-7
Author: Captain John Wells
Illustrations: Line drawings, prints and photographs
Format: Paperback Landscape