Comments on: Figurehead of HMS Warrior http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sun, 31 May 2026 09:13:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39735 CherryPie Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:46:38 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39735 It must be a special treasure to have in the museum. It must be a special treasure to have in the museum.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39734 CherryPie Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:46:03 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39734 Fascinating isn't it? Fascinating isn’t it?

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39733 CherryPie Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:45:42 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39733 It will be carved wood. It will be carved wood.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39732 CherryPie Fri, 06 Feb 2015 18:45:09 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39732 It refers to how many guns the ship has: "In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker)." It refers to how many guns the ship has:

“In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker).”

]]> By: Ginnie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39730 Ginnie Fri, 06 Feb 2015 06:53:45 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39730 "One of the oldest warship figureheads in the world" makes this quite a find, Cherry. WOW. “One of the oldest warship figureheads in the world” makes this quite a find, Cherry. WOW.

]]> By: lisl http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39729 lisl Fri, 06 Feb 2015 06:30:51 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39729 Quite a survival, Cherie Quite a survival, Cherie

]]> By: ubermouth http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39727 ubermouth Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:46:40 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39727 That doesn't look that old. Still fashionable,really. What is it made out of, do you know? That doesn’t look that old. Still fashionable,really.

What is it made out of, do you know?

]]> By: Andrew MacLaren-Scott http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2015/02/05/figurehead-of-hms-warrior/comment-page-1/#comment-39726 Andrew MacLaren-Scott Fri, 06 Feb 2015 00:15:22 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=15018#comment-39726 "Third rate"? Interesting. So not very good? Or has terminology changed I wonder? “Third rate”?

Interesting.

So not very good? Or has terminology changed I wonder?

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