Warren's London-based Adventures

	HMS WARRIOR, 1860 - "As you arrive at Portsmouth Historic
	Dockyard, the stunning sleek, black lines of Britain's first iron-
	hulled, armoured battleship, take your breath away." And it did.
	It is beautiful to look at, and it is old and beautiful! "The
	pride of Queen Victoria, Warrior revolutionised warship
	construction. Powered by steam and sail, she was the largest and
	fastest ship of her day. Her most radical innovation was her
	citadel - an armoured box housing her guns." What I did discover
	was that it was able to do 10 knots on sails, 14 knots with the
	steam engine, and 17 knots with both going full bore. Not bad
	almost 150 years ago!
	

General details of the Warrior


Dingy type boat

	You want to know what it takes to steer a big boat in heavy seas? This
	boat had 8 wheels to turn it with. Four on the deck and another four
	directly below on the upper gun deck. Total man-involvement would have
	been 16 men to turn the rudder.
	

Four steering wheels (4 more one deck below)





Champagne glasses from wedding pictures that follow


Awwww... !


Block and Tackle