HMS Warrior

Four ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Warrior".

*HMS "Warrior" was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1781. She became a receiving ship after 1818, a convict ship after 1840, and was broken up in 1857.
*HMS "Warrior" was the first ironclad ocean-going armoured battleship, and was launched in 1860. She became a depot ship in 1902, was renamed HMS "Vernon III" in 1904, and hulked as HMS "Warrior" in 1923. She was handed over for preservation as "Warrior" in 1979, and is preserved at Portsmouth as a museum ship.
*HMS "Warrior" was a "Duke of Edinburgh" class armoured cruiser launched in 1905. She was disabled at the battle of Jutland in 1916 and foundered a day later.
*HMS "Warrior" was a "Colossus"-class light fleet aircraft carrier launched in 1944, having had her name changed from HMS "Brave" in 1942. She was loaned to Canada from 1946 to 1948, then sold to Argentina and renamed ARA "Independencia" in 1958.
*HMS "Warrior" was the name assigned to the operational headquarters of the Royal Navy in Northwood, London from 1963. The base became the Joint Headquarters in 1996, before being decommissioned in 1999 to become the Joint Services Headquarters.

References

*Colledge

External links

* [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/DoctrineOperationsandDiplomacy/PJHQ/TheHmsWarriorStory.htm MoD: The HMS Warrior Story]