 After strong representations by Walker and Henry Corry, the Parliamentary under-secretary to the Admiralty, the Board of Admiralty was moved on 22 November 1858 to call for designs for a wooden-hulled, armour-plated warship, whose dimensions were approximately equal to those of La Gloire.Eventually it was decided to construct an iron-hulled ship instead, and HMS "Warrior" was the result.Baldwin Wake Walker died on 12 February 1876 at his house in Diss, Norfolk.