Editing Warrior-class ironclad (section)

===General characteristics===
The ''Warrior''-class ships were {{convert|380|ft|2|in|m|1}} [[Length between perpendiculars|long between perpendiculars]] and {{convert|420|ft|m|1}} long [[length overall|overall]].<ref name=b1/> This was {{convert|44|ft|m|1}} longer than the ''Mersey'', the longest wooden-hulled ship in the Royal Navy.<ref name=p17>Parkes, p. 17</ref> They had a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|58|ft|4|in|m|1}} and a [[Draft (hull)|draught]] of {{convert|26|ft|10|in|m|1}}.<ref name=b1>Ballard, p. 241</ref> The ships displaced {{convert|9137|LT|t|lk=on}}. The hull was subdivided by watertight transverse [[Bulkhead (partition)|bulkhead]]s into 92 compartments and had a [[double bottom]] underneath the [[engine room|engine]] and [[boiler room (ship)|boiler room]]s.<ref name=p18>Parkes, p. 18</ref>

Two [[bilge keel]]s were fitted (the first used by the Royal Navy), which significantly reduced the roll of the ships. Because of their length the ships proved to be very sluggish while manoeuvring, as ''Warrior'' proved when she collided with {{HMS|Royal Oak|1862|2}} in 1868.<ref>Parkes, pp. 23–24</ref> The ''Warrior''-class ships [[wikt:trim|trimmed]] down by the bow, not least because they were fitted with a {{convert|40|LT|t|adj=on}} iron [[knee (construction)|knee]] placed at the bow to give it a traditionally pleasing shape. This also prevented the ships from ramming any other ships. The [[bowsprit]] was shortened after completion in an effort to reduce the trim, but it was not noticeably successful.<ref>Ballard, pp. 52, 54</ref>