HMS Warrior (1781)

	HMS Warrior as a prison ship. This image was published in 1862.
History
UK
Name	HMS Warrior
Ordered	13 July 1773
Builder	Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down	November 1773
Launched	18 October 1781
Honours and; awards	list error: mixed text and list (help); Participated in: Battle of Cape Finisterre;
Fate	Broken up, 1857
General characteristics
Class and type	Alfred-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1642 tons (1668.3 tonnes)
Length	169 ft (52 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 2 in (14.38 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full rigged ship
Armament	list error: mixed text and list (help); 74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs; Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs;

HMS Warrior was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 18 October 1781 at Portsmouth.^[1]

A year after her launch she took part in the Battle of the Saintes.^[2] In 1801, she was part of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker's reserve squadron at the Battle of Copenhagen, and so did not participate in the battle. In 1805, she was part of Admiral Robert Calder's fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre. Later in December of that year she was involved in towing HMS Victory to Spithead.^[2]

Warrior became a receiving ship in 1818, a prison ship after 1840, and was eventually broken up in 1857.^[1]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 180.
^ ^a ^b Wells, John (1987). The immortal Warrior Britain’s first and last battleship. Kenneth Mason. p. 242. ISBN 0-85937-333-9.

Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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