Key Point: The shells of Warspite and other Allied naval guns followed the torpedo boats back through the smoke. One of Warspite’s scored a hit and instantly sank a trawler. To HMS Warspite went the ...
Cannon inspecting a passing-out parade for recruits of the Prince of Wales’s Division (in which his son was an officer) Commander Tim Cannon, who has died aged 81, helped to put out a fire in a ...
The time is 9 PM approx. The Captain spoke to the ships company telling Us that the great assault was at last to take place and that we were Steaming to take part in it. Sat 3rd That we were on our ...
Feb. 25 (UPI) --Britain's third dreadnought-class nuclear submarine will be named the HMS Warspite, the defense secretary announced on Monday. Secretary Gavin Williamson revealed the name as he toured ...
At the end of 1939 I had said farewell to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and in January 1940 set forth to join my first ship, HMS Southampton, a cruiser of 10,000 tons undergoing a short refit at ...
Warspite, despite its flaws, became an emblem of hope and resilience. From the Battle of Jutland in World War 1 to the pursuit of German destroyers in Narvik and the amphibious landings at Normandy in ...