Sister ship Black Prince. Iron hull. Built as the British answer on the French ironclad Gloire. Building ordered on 11 May 1859, laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Blackwall, London, England after 6 June 1859, construction started mid August 1859, launched on 29 December 1860, part of the reserve since 1875, decommissioned on 31 May 1883, classified as a screw battleship of the 3rd class in 1887, reclassified as an armoured cruiser in May 1892, hulked in 1900, storage hulk between May 1901-July 1902, machinery removed and part of upper deck roofed, depot ship since 1902, renamed Vernon III and added to the torpedo-training school Vernon at Portsmouth in March 1904, renamed Warrior on 1 October 1923, converted into a oil jetty in 1927, renamed Oil Fuel Hulk C77 on 27 August 1942, handed over to the Maritime Trust in 1979 and renamed Warrior again in 1985. Designed by Chief Constructor of the Navy Isaac Watts and Chief engineer Thomas Lloyd.
With a displacement of 9.284 tons and as dimensions 128 (over all) x 17,8 x 8,2 metres or 420 x 58.4 x 26.10 feet. Machinery consisted of a 5.772ihp 2 cylinder Trunk steam engine of John Penn and Sons and 10 rectangular boilers allowing with the single shaft a speed of 11 (sail)-13.6 (steam) knots. With a speed of 11 knots and a coal bunker capacity of 810 tons was her range 2.100 nautical miles. Ship rigged with a sail area of 4.497 square metres/48.400 square feet. Crew numbered 706 men. Armour consisted of a 11,4cm/4.5” thick belt and bulkheads. Armament consisted of 26-20,6cm/8.1”/58 pound smoothbore muzzle loading guns, 10-17,8cm/7”/110 pound rifled breech loading guns and 4-12,1cm/4.77”/40 pound rifled breech loading guns.
