HMS Warrior was the name ship of a class of two 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigates built for the Royal Navy in 1859–61. The sister ships Warrior and HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron- hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. After a publicity tour of Great Britain in 1863, Warrior had an active career with the Channel Squadron. The frigate became obsolescent following the 1871 launching of the mastless and more capable HMS Devastation, was placed in reserve in 1875, and was paid off in 1883. After serving as a storeship and depot ship, Warrior was assigned in 1904 to the Royal Navy's torpedo training school. The frigate was converted into an oil jetty in 1927 and was donated by the Navy to the Maritime Trust for restoration in 1979. The restoration process took eight years, during which many of the ship's features and fittings were either restored or recreated. When this was finished Warrior returned to Portsmouth as a museum ship. Listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, the ship has been based in Portsmouth since 1987.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1170:

Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral by four knights of Henry II of England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Becket

1890:

The United States Army killed over 150 members of the Great Sioux Nation at the Wounded Knee Massacre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre

1930:

Muhammad Iqbal introduced the two-nation theory outlining a vision for the creation of an independent state for Muslim-majority provinces in northwestern British India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-nation_theory

1937:

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland

1997:

In order to prevent the spread of the H5N1 flu virus, the Hong Kong government slaughtered 1.3 million chickens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_spread_of_H5N1

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

embrittlement: The process of being embrittled; loss of flexibility or elasticity of a material. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embrittlement

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order; the firmest foundations for the development of individual character; and the best provision for the happiness of the nation at large.   --William Ewart Gladstone https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Ewart_Gladstone