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| | THE LAST WOODEN WALLS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-12) |
 | | Rendered effectively obsolete, the vast armadas of wooden walls lingered on for a few years, converted to steam power and re-gunned, they continued to fly the flag the world over but the era of the sailing navy came to an abrupt end on 29 |
 | | December 1860 with the launching of HMS Warrior, Britain’s first and last iron-hulled warship (purists may argue the launching of La Glorie ended that era). |
 | | Only where some sentimental attachment for a given vessel existed; for example HMS Victory and the USS Constitution, or by oversight, where the ship was hulked or converted to some other purpose, lingering on, their nature forgotten, until rediscovered in recent times; HMS Unicorn and HMS Trincomalee being examples. |
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