Editing Warrior-class ironclad (section)

{{Short description|Class of ironclads of the Royal Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}

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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=HMSWarrior.JPG
|Ship caption=''Warrior'' in the 1860s
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Warrior''-class ironclad
|Builders=
*[[Robert Napier and Sons]]
*[[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company|Thames Ironworks]]
|Operators={{navy|United Kingdom}}
|Class before=None
|Class after={{sclass|Defence|ironclad|4}}
|Cost=
|Built range=1859–1862
|In service range=1861–1979
|In commission range=1861–1902
|Total ships completed=2
|Total ships scrapped=1
|Total ships preserved=1
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Hide header=
|Header caption= (''Warrior'' as built)
|Ship sail plan=[[Ship rig]]
|Ship type=[[Armoured frigate]]
|Ship displacement={{convert|9137|LT|t|lk=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|420|ft|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|58|ft|4|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|26|ft|10|in|m|1|abbr=on}}
|Ship power={{cvt|5267|ihp|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=1 shaft, 1 [[Trunk engine|Trunk steam engine]]
|Ship speed={{convert|14|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|2100|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|11|kn}}
|Ship complement=707
|Ship armament=*26 × [[British ordnance terms#SBML|Smoothbore muzzle-loading]] [[68-pounder gun]]s
*10 × [[British ordnance terms#RBL|Rifled breechloading]] [[RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun|110-pounder]] guns
*4 × Rifled breechloading [[RBL 40 pounder Armstrong gun|40-pounder]] guns
|Ship armour=*[[Belt armor|Belt]]: {{convert|4.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
*[[Bulkhead (partition)|Bulkhead]]s: {{convert|4.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship notes=
}}
|}

The '''''Warrior''-class ironclads''' were a [[ship class|class]] of two warships built for the [[Royal Navy]] between 1859 and 1862, the first ocean-going [[ironclad]]s with iron hulls ever constructed. The ships were designed as [[armoured frigate]]s in response to an invasion scare sparked by the launch of the {{ship|French ironclad|Gloire}} and her three [[sister ship|sisters]] in 1858. They were initially armed with a mix of [[Rifled breech loader|rifled breech-loading]] and [[British ordnance terms#SBML|muzzle-loading smoothbore]] guns, but the [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong]] breech-loading guns proved unreliable and were ultimately withdrawn from service.

The ships spent their first commission with the [[Channel Fleet]] before being rearmed with new [[Muzzle-loading rifle|rifled muzzle-loading guns]] in the late 1860s. {{HMS|Warrior|1860|2}} rejoined the Channel Fleet after her refit while {{HMS|Black Prince|1861|2}} joined the 1st Class Reserve and joined the fleet during its annual manoeuvres. The two ships exchanged roles after another refit in the mid-1870s. Both ships spent most of the last two decades of the 19th century in [[Wikt:mothball|reserve]]. ''Warrior'' was [[hulk (ship type)|hulk]]ed in 1902 and survived to be restored in 1979 as a museum ship. ''Black Prince'' became a training ship in 1896 and was hulked in 1910 before being sold for [[ship breaking|scrap]] in 1923.