{"id":47607,"date":"2022-06-04T22:53:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T20:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47607"},"modified":"2024-06-04T00:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T22:15:52","slug":"hms-warrior-a-visit-to-an-1860-armored-frigate-today-converted-into-an-excellent-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/06\/04\/hms-warrior-a-visit-to-an-1860-armored-frigate-today-converted-into-an-excellent-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"HMS Warrior: a visit to an 1860 armored frigate today converted into an excellent museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are floating museums that are a real treat for the eyes. One of the oldest can be visited in the port of Portsmouth, in the south of England.<\/p>\n

Visiting the last silo of a Titan II nuclear missile where you can still see this ICBM<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe armored vestiges of the Cold War: a tanks graveyard in Germany<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

HMS Warrior was the first armored frigate of the British Royal Navy.<\/strong> She was laid down in 1859 and launched in 1860, she entered service the following year, she had a displacement of 9,284 tons and a length of 128 meters<\/strong>, and was powered by sail and steam engine. She was very well armed, with 26 muzzle-loading 206mm guns, 10 breech-loading 178mm guns and another 4 121mm guns.<\/strong> She was a large and powerful vessel.<\/p>\n

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However, HMS Warrior was soon obsolete<\/strong> due to advances in warship construction in the second half of the 19th century. In 1875 she went into the naval reserve and in 1883 she was retired.<\/strong> She dismissed modernizing her as too expensive, and in the early 20th century she ended up becoming a depot ship for a destroyer flotilla.<\/p>\n

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In 1904 she was renamed Vernon III, becoming a torpedo school<\/strong>, a function she continued to do until 1923. The Royal Navy decided to sell her in 1925, but no one wanted to buy her even for scrapping.<\/p>\n

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Thus, the Warrior remained in Portsmouth converted into a wharf<\/strong>, until in 1929 it was taken to Pembroke Dock, in Wales. She was converted into a depot ship and, as early as World War II, she was used as a base for minesweepers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After many years of abandonment, and devoid of its rigging, in 1979 a long and difficult restoration process began<\/strong> that required a detailed study of how the ship was originally, since, for example, its old figurehead had been destroyed in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

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In 1987 the ship was returned to Portsmouth<\/strong>, where it was greeted with great celebration. Since then it has been operating as a museum, forming part of the National Historic Fleet, a fleet of more than 200 British historic ships that are preserved today<\/strong> as part of a national project for the preservation of ships that had historical importance for the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

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As you can see in these photos, published on the ship's website<\/a> and official Facebook page<\/a>, the HMS Warrior is in great detail and recreates the original frigate as if it were ready to return to active service tomorrow. She also serves as a stage for weddings<\/strong>, a function in which she has become very popular.<\/p>\n

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If you have been wanting to see more of this formidable ship, do not miss this interesting video published a few days ago by History Hit<\/a> that shows the interior of the ship:<\/strong><\/p>\n