IO2 Book of Steamships 



ago. With such a ship our Admiralty told 

 us we might sleep in our beds again. 



Let us see what this Warrior was like. 

 First, we marvel at the thickness of her 

 armour of 4^ ins., but when we read that 

 this was backed by a wooden sheathing, 

 18 ins. thick, we are left gasping. The 

 Warrior had a good speed, despite her 

 weight, attaining 14 knots. She had two 

 funnels, completely dwarfed by her masts 

 and rigging. She was, in fact, a full- 

 rigged ship as well as a steam-propelled 

 craft. 



The year she was launched saw the last 

 wooden line of battleship take the water 

 too. This was the Victoria a name which, 

 as we shall see later on, will always be 

 associated with one of the greatest peace- 

 time disasters in our history. 



The Victoria of 1859 had three decks, 

 carrying 121 guns. Within eight years of 

 her launch she was off the active list, for 

 though she was screw-propelled, with the 

 good speed of 12 knots, it was realised 



