Identify This!!! 1.0

Lovely print, searat. Here's another beautiful ship

One of a class of 13 RN ships, she was launched in 1889, converted into a minesweeper in 1909 and lost in a collision in the Firth of Clyde in 1918. Class, type and name?

Rick

Hooray!!!  Nothin' like a little joggle of the mind to get a straightforward answer to a straightforward question!  Here's a print of the ship as completed, and the next question is yours!

You're right, searat, that last clue was a giveaway! She's the Spanish ironclad Numancia, built at La Seyne in 1863 and the first ironclad warship to circumnavigate the globe, under Casto Méndez Núñez (1865-68).

Rick

Since we are on about ironclads, here's another one!

What is the name of this ship, and what 'first' is it known for?

A more straightforward one that shouldn't present too much of a problem.

What is her name?

Time's up, here's the answer. 

The reason Warrior was brought alongside the quay at Woolwich rather than being moored in the River as was usual, is that it allowed the installation of gas lighting, the only hulk to have it.

It must have made life a little better below decks, but not much, I do not know the specific cause of the mutiny that took place in 1851, put down by Royal Marines, but life on hulks was very harsh.

My last two response posts included references to enlightened, and seeing the light which I thought may have given a final lead.

I will return with a replacement poser 'ere long.

A laundry would no doubt have been of great benefit, but that's not it.

One more chance to see the light before all is revealed, to bring this one to a close I will post the answer this time tomorrow.

I'm not sure they were that enlightened in mid Victorian England, this improvement was more of a utilitarian nature, something that was becoming more common in general, but not otherwise  on  prison hulks.

She is indeed HMS Warrior, a prison hulk until 1851, when following a mutiny on board, the prisoners were sent to Millbank Prison and she was subsequently sold off being broken up in 1857.

She is pictured alongside the quay at Woolwich, necessary for the unique modification made, that John Howard, the eighteenth century prison reformer, would have considered gave some improvement to the miserable lives of the inmates.

A thought perhaps not shared by the prisoners in view of the mutiny.

Anyone care to have a stab at the final part of the question before I reveal the answer.

I think this is a picture of HMS Warrior, a 74 built in 1781, later commanded by William Bligh.  The ship was a convict hulk after 1840, and was broken up in 1857.  I haven't clue what sort of 'conversion' was done in 1847, or how 'John Howard' was involved, but she she was in The Battle of the Saintes in 1782.  A later HMS Warrior was the first ironclad warship, but it wasn't the ship in the picture, nor did it have any other association other than its name.

You have the battle surfsup, but not the ship.

Rodney's Formidable incidently was broken up at Chatham in 1816.

This one seems to be presenting some problems, so some additional clues.

You could say her one time Captain was up to his old tricks again.

Our ship missed the big naval event of the early 19^th century, and shortly after the end of the Napoleonic wars was taken out of sea going service.

Her post naval career exceeded the length of her naval career, and it is during this time that she is portrayed.

A certain Mr John Howard would no doubt have approved of the unique modification she underwent in 1847.

Not a bad ranging shot Crackers, you're sort of on the right track concerning her one time Captain, but it's the ship name we're after and the unique feature she had late in her career.

It would help to first identify the battle, then the ship type, that should lead to a name with the appropriate history.

  I'll take a long shot guess and say that you are referring to Captain Peter Heywood. Early in his career, as a midshipman, he was implicated in the Bounty mutiny affair. He was later absolved and became a successful captain in the Royal Navy. Eventually, Captain Heywood was in command of the Leopard which led Chesapeake-Leopard incident in 1807, with other acts, led to the War of 1812. The Leopard was converted into a troopship and wrecked on Anticosti Island, on the Saint Lawrence River, in June 28, 1814.

    montani semper liberi !   Happy modeling to all and every one of you.

                                     Crackers            

Steady on there crackers, you'll have me blushing

This one is perhaps a little more testing.

   George W, you are correct ! Please step forward to receive an hysterical thunderous applause from the Forum audience. You deserve recognition for your knowledge.

           The floor is yours for your pictorial question.

   Montani semper liberi !  Happy modeling to all and every one of you.

                                       Crackers  

Samuel Plimsoll was the man who became famous for campaigning to get the Merchant Shipping Act of 1871 amended to include load lines on ships, so I would imagine the ship is named after him.