HMS Warspite

HMS Warspite was built at Devonport, Plymouth and launched 26th November 1913. Warspite took part in the Battle of Jutland sustaining 15 hits and was close to foundering. Warspite was present at the battles of Narvik in April 1940, Cape Matapan and in May 1941 the battle of Crete, sustaining damage by a heavy bomb hit. On 16th September during the landings at Salerno, she was hit by a German glider bomb, and was towed to Gibraltar for temporary repairs and fully repaired at Rosyth in March 1944. In June 1944 she was deployed at Normandy with only three functioning main turrets, also taking part in the bombardment of Brest, Le Havre and Walcheren. She was sold for scrap in early 1947, and during the voyage to the breakers she ran aground at Mounts Bay, and was broken up in situ over the following five years.
Displacement: 29,700 Speed: 23.0 knots Compliment: 950 and up to 1,220 in 1918 Armament: Eight 15-inch guns in pairs and fourteen 6 -inch guns. Two 3 inch Anti Aircraft Guns in 1917, two 4-inch anti aircraft guns.

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