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Warrior's figu rehead. His sword is in storage fo r safekeeping . Maritime Trust, to coordinate her rescue and restoration . Shortly thereafter, John Smith ' s Manifo ld Trust came fo rward with a promi se to underwrite the immensely costl y effort, and in 1979 Warrior was moved to Hartlepool fo r a rebuild . Although grants and gifts have come fro m many quarters, the Mani fo ld T rust has contri buted nearly $7 million to thi s great undertaking , always with a view to making the restoration as thorough as possible . As Warrior arrived in Hartlepool wi th virtually no ori gi nal equi pment of any kj nd , almost everything had to be fas hioned in workshops alongside the ship . The onl y significant concessions made were that fiberglass copies of the 68pdr and I I Opdr guns were made from orig inal barre ls, and steel has been used instead of iro n in the hull. Vi sitors will be able to see how the ship was conned fro m one of the two athwartshi ps bridges on the upper deck and steered from a set of upper-, main- or lower-deck wheels. The lower deck has come to life , with the offi cers' cabins, wardroom and gunroom all pa inted out and furni shed in the original style. However, it is the stokeholds and engine room that will undoubtedl y arouse the greatest interest. All ten fire-tube boilers are installed with fu rnace doors and draught plates that open into the centra l fi ring aisle . A large part of John Penn ' s double-acting , twin-cylinder hori zontal trun k eng ine has been erected , the connection rods have been jo ined to the crankshafts and the jet condensers are in position. The ma in eng ines can be turned slowly by electric motor , and the funne ls can be raised or lowered hydraulicall y. In June , Wa rrior will make the 385-mile passage from Hartlepool to Portsmouth , her home fo r more than sixty years . There she will be displayed in the historic area of the naval base , which already acco mmodates HMS Victory, Ad mi ra l Ne lson' s fl ags hip at Trafalgar, and the T udor warship Ma ry Rose . The Portsmouth City Council has built a magni fice nt 550ft jetty to berth the Warrior and there , restored to her fo rmer glory and at the ripe o ld age of 126 , she is about to start a new career. w
Captain Wells is Research and Portsmouth Liasion Officer of the Warrior Association, and author of the recent Immortal Warrior: Britain ' s First and Las t Battleship (Kenneth Mason Puhl., Old Harbormaster's, Emsworth, Hanis, UK, 264pp, illus, ÂŁ1 8 .95hb). Membership is invited in the Warrior Association, which supports the Warrior project and issues an excellent newsletter. Write John Cooper, Warrior Association , 18 Leventhorpe Court, Elmshurst Road, Gosport, Hants P0 / 2 JNX , England, or call 0705 520-970 . SEA HISTORY , SUMMER 1987
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