Warrior’s original figurehead has ended up at Fleet HQ, Northwood, London, only to crumble beyond repair sometime in the 1960s. The new ’spirit of Warrior’, carved by two Isle of Wight craftsmen, weighed 2 tons and like the original was almost 4 metres (12 feet) high. In February 1985, it was hoisted aboard and attached to the stem-piece. *
*From the HMS Warrior guidebook
“Warrior’s original figurehead has ended up at Fleet HQ, Northwood, London, only to crumble beyond repair sometime in the 1960s.”
Am puzzled, as didn’t you show it looking good in an earlier post? But perhaps they mean the main body crumbled not the actual head?
The earlier figurehead was one that was mounted on an earlier ship (1781) with the same name. The Royal Navy like to confuse by using the same name more than once…
I tried to make it clear by mentioning the dates, perhaps not well enough.
Hmmmm, not sure – think it should be a female. [Old sailor and all that]
In the figurehead display there were quite a lot of old male figureheads.
Indeed, the first organisms came from the sea.
The primordial soup!!
That’s incredible,but I think too modern looking for this boat.
I am left wondering what the original looked like.