HMS Warrior (1860) - Wikipedia
In August, while cruising to Scotland, Warrior collided with HMS Royal Oak, losing her figurehead and jib boom and smashing Royal Oak ' s cutter. Captain Boys was court-martialled and acquitted over the incident.
The Figurehead - The Historical Marker Database
2018年7月31日 · The Figurehead HMS Warrior was one of the last battleships to carry a figurehead. The original was made in Portsmouth at a cost of E60, but was lost in 1868 when Warrior accidentally collided with HMS Royal Oak. The figurehead's head fell off and was claimed as a prize by the midshipmen on Royal Oak's quarterdeck.
A Brief History of Ship Figureheads - The Historic England Blog
2019年1月31日 · The figurehead of HMS Arethusa, a 50-gun Royal Navy frigate, was carved by the long-established firm, James Hellyer & Sons of London and Portsmouth. They were ships’ carvers to the Admiralty and also carved the figurehead for HMS Warrior (see below). The majority of figureheads over the centuries were created by unknown craftsmen.
Ship Figureheads: Statues of the Sea – Electrum Magazine
2024年1月28日 · The British battleship HMS Rodney (1928) was the last British warship to have a figurehead. Figureheads were more than representations of mythical and historical creatures and individuals or personifications of things in nature; a ship’s crew considered them totems of good fortune, safety, success, and victory.
HMS WARRIOR FIGURE HEAD MARINE ART SCULPTURE DE …
The figurehead on the Warrior is massive; a superbly imposing mythological fighting man brandishing a sword, shield and trailing assortment of weapons, also resplendent with helmet adorned with feathers. Altogether, the sculpture conveys the message that England was trying to send to the world.
Figurehead of HMS Warrior, Portsmouth Dockyard, c.1900 (b/w …
After HMS Warrior, a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate, lost its first figurehead in 1868 in a collision with HMS Royal Oak, a replacement was carved by James Hellyer to the same design and was displayed in Portsmouth Dockyard.
HMS Warrior - National Historic Ships
HMS Warrior is a historic ironclad frigate built in 1860 as a response to France's LA GLOIRE. She was restored and returned to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard in 1987, where she is a major tourist attraction and a memorial to Victorian craftsmanship.
Figureheads - A Short History - A Short History - Naval Historical ...
2002年9月10日 · HMS Black Prince was almost certainly the last British capital ship to carry a figurehead. Her nowadays far more famous sister-ship, Warrior, was the first of this class (of two) to be built. 1 She was built by Napiers, of Govan on the River Clyde in Scotland and, on her launch in February 1861, was the largest ship built on that river.
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NH 115305 HMS WARRIOR Figurehead - NHHC
HMS WARRIOR Figurehead.