HMS Warrior 1860 Book

A timely volume telling the remarkable story of HMS Warrior published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of her launch ; ; One of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard's most iconic attractions Warrior was a revolutionary ship and the supreme symbol of British naval might in the Victorian age ; ; This lavishly illustrated book outlines her design career subsequent history and the extensive restoration programme that eventually restored the ship to her former glory ; ; A brand new photographic record of entire ship complete with a newly commissioned set of detailed plans ; ; Built to underline Victorian Britain's supremacy at sea HMS Warrior was the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship. In 1979 she was rescued from ignominy as an oil jetty in Milford Haven to become the subject of an ambitious restoration programme and for the last twenty years has been open to the public at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The story of her revolutionary design career history and the strange twists of fate that enabled her to survive into an age when her significance in naval architecture would be fully recognised is described in detail together with the meticulous research that went into faithfully restoring every aspect of the ship. Complete with archival illustrations and photographs specially ; commissioned photography lines plans and diagrams this is a comprehensive and elegantly produced commemorative volume.Read More