HMS Warrior being restored in the old Coal Dock, Hartlepool, 1981
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HMS Warrior being restored in the old Coal Dock, Hartlepool, 1981
Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 14 Aug 1981
HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate, built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and started a revolution in naval design. As such, she was already obsolete after 1873 with the commissioning of the mastless and more capable HMS Devastation. She was decommissioned in 1883 and later served as a store ship, then depot ship, then an oil jetty from 1927-79. The Royal Navy donated her to the Maritime Trust in 1979 and she was towed to Hartlepool for restoration, which took eight years. When finished, she returned to Portsmouth as a museum ship in 1987. This location is now part of Hartlepool Marina. Many of the industrial buildings in the background have since disappeared.
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