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Description: | 241. WARRIOR - battleship - 1860 The first iron-built armoured vessel in the Royal Navy. Built at Blackwall. Ended sea-going service in 1884. Afterwards became part of Torpedo School at Portsmouth as Vernon III and finally an oil tank at Pembroke. Original armament:- 11 100-pr. and 4 40-pr. rifled B.L., 26 68-pr. smooth-bore M.L. Later armament:- 4 8-in. and 28 7-in. rifled M.L. Dimensions:- Length 380ft. Beam 58ft. 4 in. Displacement 9140 tons. Speed 14 knots.
Scale: 1:48. Typed label adhered to hardboard for the design half block model of HMS 'Warrior' (1860), a broadside ironclad.
CA: AAA.
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