HMS Warrior 1860
Handmade pens and keyrings using teak from HMS Warrior 1860.
HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate and was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads.
She was launched on 29th December 1860 and powered by steam and sail, was the largest, fastest, and most powerful warship of her time.
Built to counter the latest French battleship, Warrior was, in her time, the ultimate deterrent. Yet by igniting a new era in naval technology, she soon became outdated. After only 22 years’ service, Warrior’s hull was to be used as a depot, floating school, and an oil jetty.
Warrior is a unique survivor of the once formidable Victorian Black Battlefleet and now serves as a museum ship, visitor attraction, popular private hire venue and more, back home in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard.