HMS Warrior 1860


 

When HMS Warrior 1860 made her triumphant return to Portsmouth in 1987, she was fully restored to her Victorian glory and changed the panorama of the City, sitting proudly in the Harbour.

When she was originally built she was, quite simply, bigger, faster and more heavily armed than any other warship afloat.  Warrior was the world’s first iron-hulled, armoured warship powered by steam as well as sail and constructed of wrought iron.  She was the ultimate deterrent. She never once fired a shot in anger. Her strength was her ability to keep the peace. She represents Pax Britannica at its zenith. However within a decade she was obsolete, her technology surpassed.   

The only surviving member of Queen Victoria's Black Battle Fleet, Warrior was used for 50 years as an oil jetty at Milford Haven before being restored to her former glory.

As visitors explore her four vast decks, they enter another world – that of the Victorian sailor and life in a 19th century warship.




HMS Warrior 1860 events

Inspiring Inventions on board HMS Warrior 1860

11am – 1pm & 2pm – 3pm

 

Scrapheap challenge! Make your own invention out of junk. 

Starts May 24

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Follow the Flag Trail on board HMS Warrior 1860

Daily:

10am – 4.30pm

May 24 - Jun 01

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Macramé Workshop on board HMS Warrior 1860

11am – 4.30pm

 

Macramé workshop on board HMS Warrior 1860

Starts May 27

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Corporate Venue

HMS Warrior 1860 is available for Corporate hire for any special event, dinner or party. For more details, please see the HMS Warrior 1860 Corporate Venue page.

More Information

Visit the Official HMS Warrior web site