One was mounted above the conning tower, protected by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod mast. Layman, RN), HMS Havock (Lt.Cdr. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Please refrain from using strong language. ww2dbaseIn Jun 1943, Warspite once again returned to the Mediterranean and joined Force H at Gibraltar. [43] In June 1939, Vice Admiral Andrew Cunningham replaced Dudley Pound and took Warspite to Istanbul for talks with the Turkish government. By June 1944 HMS Warspite had been deployed at Normandy and with only three functioning main turrets she took part in the bombardment of Brest, Le Havre and Walcheren Island. George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite, Cmmd.Boatswain. After arriving off Salerno on 15 September, Warspite bombarded an ammunition dump and other positions around Altavilla Silentina, demoralising the German forces and providing time for Allied reinforcements to arrive. The remains of the masts lie in the yard at Porthenalls House, Prussia Cove and one portion was erected on a headland, overlooking Prussia Cove. WW2 1943 4 Original Photos VPB-92 Purple Heart DFC Medals for Crew PBY Sub Sunk. QUEEN ELIZABETH-Class battleship ordered from Fairfield, Govan Glasgow after approval of design in June 1912. Speed: 23 knots D-Day and Battle of Normandy media library: archives photos and videos, Souvenir shop featuring t-shirts, caps, mugs, models or posters inspired by D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, D-Day Overlord - Marc Laurenceau 2003-2023. HMS Warspite was built at the Devonport dockyard in Plymouth, launched on the 26th November 1915, and became one of Britain's most decorated ships of the twentieth century. She ran aground off Dunbar on 17 September 1915, which necessitated repairs until 20 November. Churchill was present when she conducted her first gunnery trials in 1915. However, the new "fast battleships" proved to be an outstanding success during the First World War. Did you enjoy this article or find this article helpful? Apparently he was known as Geordie. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. These included the Atlantic convoys, Narvik, Norway, Calabria, the Mediterranean, the Malta convoys, Matapan, Crete, Sicily, Salerno, the English Channel, Normandy and the Bay of Biscay. She was damaged by German aircraft during the Battle of Crete in mid-1941 and required six months of repairs in the United States. 1. She was withdrawn from service at the end of 1944 . When the Second World War broke out, it was deployed in April 1940 as part of the Norwegian campaign and took part in numerous coastal batteries as well as German warships. After entering service in 1967 she collided with a Soviet submarine the following year. He was killed in action during the Battle of Crete at 13.32 hours on Thursday, 22nd of May 1941 by a bomb from an Me 109 while serving on the starboard 6" gun battery. She returned to Salerno on 15 Sep to continue the naval bombardment aimed to assist the Allied ground forces ashore. Meanwhile, off Trondheim, Norwegian cruiser-minelayer Frya was damaged by German warships while defending the Agdenes fortress; German submarine U-34 scuttled Frya to prevent salvage. [79] She was recommissioned on 28 December and undertook sea trials near Vancouver before sailing down the west coast of the U.S. and Mexico, crossing the equator and arriving in Sydney on 20 February 1942. Jutland Memorial. RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. ww2dbaseIn Jun 1944, with the Eastern Task Force, Warspite bombarded German positions on Sword and Gold beaches during the Normandy beaches. Mr Frank Wilson undertook this task with the help of Messrs Neil Macdonald and Neil Macquarrie as salvage engineers and Mr Duncan Nicholson [see file 5, (N)] as engineer in charge of plant. Is there anyway of finding a crew list to find him mentioned. Oberleutnant Kurt Ubben, a future flying ace with 110 enemy aircraft shot down, claimed a hit on the warship. [54][55] The shell pierced Giulio Cesare's rear funnel and detonated inside it, blowing out a hole nearly 6.1 meters (20ft) across, while fragments started several fires and their smoke was drawn into the boiler rooms, forcing four boilers off-line as their operators could not breathe which reduced the ship's speed to 18 knots (33km/h; 21mph). She has been noted as arguably the greatest battleship the Royal Navy ever possessed. Between 0810 and 0855 hours, battleships HMS Warspite, HMS Valiant, and HMS Barham, along with destroyers, monitors, and gunboats, bombarded Bardia with 244 15-inch shells, 270 6-inch shells, 250 4.5-inch shells, and many smaller caliber shells. They signed an armistice on 3 September, which took effect on 8 September. The remainder of Warspite's cruise was uneventful. [25] She signalled ahead for escorts and a squadron of torpedo boats came out to meet her. This required maximum offensive power and a speed several knots faster than any other battleship to allow them to defeat any type of ship. Captain Philpotts avoided reprimand on this occasion, but was moved to a shore-based job as Naval Assistant to the new First Sea Lord, Admiral Jellicoe. HMS Warspite Crew List Home Page Jutland Crew Lists The Navy Lists Research Status Ship Interest Groups Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names Jutland Memorial Warspite H.M.S. Each turret was also fitted with a 15-foot rangefinder. Want to know what life was like during the War? [58] On 10 January 1941, Warspite was lightly damaged by a bomb while operating with Force A during Operation Excess. Warned of the Italian intentions by intelligence from the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, Admiral Cunningham took his fleet to sea on 27 March 1941, flying his flag on Warspite. During the Second World War, Warspite was involved in the Norwegian Campaign in early 1940 and was transferred to the Mediterranean later that year where the ship participated in fleet actions against the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) while also escorting convoys and bombarding Italian troops ashore. In company with the monitor Erebus, she carried out a preparatory bombardment of targets around Le Havre prior to Operation Astonia on 10 September, leading to the capture of the town two days later. This decision exposed Warspite and made her a tempting target; she was hit multiple times, but inadvertently diverted attention from the armoured cruiser Warrior, which had been critically damaged whilst attacking the leading elements of the German fleet. In mid-August, she set out to bombard Bardia and on 6 November she sailed from Alexandria to provide cover for the Battle of Taranto, a torpedo-bomber attack on ships in Taranto harbour. At the Battle of Calabria on 9 Jul 1940, her shell traveled a distance of 26,000 yards to hit Italian battleship Giulio Cesare. Captain Packer was mentioned in despatches for his actions bringing the ship to Malta,[92] the second time he had limped into port on board a heavily damaged Warspite. The crew was picked up by HMS Jervis. [107] Timbers from the ship would also be used to create commemorative souvenirs of various types, such as ashtrays and letter openers. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. Like this page to receive our updates. Had posted this querie in my local Fife forum (within this website) and got help finding his file - great! Warspite was detached to refuel at Malta on 12 July, the first visit by a British battleship since December 1940. Before dawn, British warships searched for an Axis convoy off the Greek island of Milos; after sunrise, German aircraft spotted the ships, damaging HMS Naiad (6 killed), HMS Calcutta (14 killed), and HMS Kingston (1 killed) at 1000 hours. The resolve of the Italian Government had already been wavering by the time of the Allies victory in North Africa; the invasion of Sicily and aerial attacks on mainland Italy encouraged negotiations. At the Battle of Matapan on 28 Mar 1941, battleships Barham, Valiant, and Warspite and other ships sank three Italian cruisers and two destroyers. The turbines were rated at 75,000 shaft horsepower (56,000kW) and intended to reach a maximum speed of 25 knots (46.3km/h; 28.8mph). HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. [83] Warspite returned to Britain in March 1944 to continue her repairs at Rosyth. Lava's technical capabilities. However, by August the battleship was finally beached off St Michaels Mount and after further salvage another attempt was made to refloat her in November. Tous droits rservs, Index of Allied warships during Operation Neptune. JCL-Website-Valiant : Valiant Crew List. She returned to the Mediterranean as the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, then spent some time with the Atlantic Fleet. She returned to Malta at high speed on 18 July, avoiding several air attacks during the night. [1]:10 Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. [59], In March 1941, to support the planned German invasion of the Balkans, Vice Admiral Angelo Iachino's Italian fleet, led by the battleship Vittorio Veneto, sailed to intercept Allied convoys between Egypt and Greece. Although the damage had been considerable, Warspite's casualties amounted to only nine killed and fourteen wounded.[90]. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1943, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1947, naval arms race between Britain and Germany, "Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2", "HMS Warspite in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Wartime Memories Project -", Troels W. 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The origins of the name are unclear, although it is probably from the Elizabethan-era spelling of the word 'spite' 'spight' in part embodying contempt for the Navy's enemies, but which was also the common name for the green woodpecker, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. She lost 14 men and many more were injured while the ship sustained serious damage, plus she was twice hunted by German submarines, but she was eventually able to make it to Rosyth for repairs. During the day, additional Ju 52 aircraft brought two more battalions of troops to Maleme. It was towed to Gibraltar before finalizing the repairs to Rosyth in Great Britain in March 1944. [72] A 500lb bomb damaged her starboard 4-inch and 6-inch batteries,[73] ripped open the ship's side and killed 38 men. [16], The 5th Battle Squadron then headed north, exchanging fire with both Hipper's battlecruiser force and the leading elements of Scheer's battleships, damaging Markgraf. Let us know Help. [85], She underwent a short refit in May in another attempt to fix her steering problem, then joined Force H at Scapa Flow, departing on 9 June for Gibraltar in company with five other battleships, two carriers and twelve destroyers. Warspite and a British destroyer during Second Battle of Narvik, 13 Apr 1940. [84] She covered the landings at Mahajanga and Tamatave during the Battle of Madagascar an Allied invasion, in September. 26 . In 1918, Warspite had to spend four months being repaired after a boiler room caught fire. [98] Her skeleton crew of seven was saved by the Penlee Lifeboat W. & S. There were several attempts to refloat her but the hull was badly damaged. Subsequent air attacks damaged the battleship and the cruiser Pola, slowing the former and crippling the latter. The British Mediterranean Fleet departed Alexandria, Egypt to escort a supply convoy to Malta. On March 27, 1941, it took part in the battle of Cape Matapan and engaged several Italian buildings which were severely hit and destroyed. Message Board. There was insufficient depth of water to float her clear of the reef in a rising south westerly gale. Diether von Roeder had to be scuttled while Erich Giese was sunk in conjunction with destroyers. Italian cruiser Fiume, cruiser Zara, destroyer Alfieri, and destroyer Carducci were sunk, while destroyer Oriani was heavily damaged. HTML tags are not allowed. The goal of this photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. On January 1, 1945, after good and loyal services, HMS Warspite was placed in reserve and then definitively retired from service. British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Warspite shelled Italian defensive positions at Vlor, Albania overnight in support of Greek advances. By June 27th, she was finally severed and pulled inshore. All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB. Re: Crew list for HMS Warspite (1917) Looks like he served at Vivid 1,HMS Warspite and HMS Highflyer. Admiral Cunningham's Mediterranean Fleet, consisted of battleship HMS Warspite, battlesip HMS Valiant, aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, and 7 destroyers departed Alexandria, Egypt, to meet the Excess convoy. Sponsored. [26], Upon the completion of her repairs, Warspite rejoined the 5th Battle Squadron. Meanwhile a search up and down the country was on-going for pumps, compressors, generators, cranes and steel air-lines and by April, 3 months after taking over, The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd were contemplating their first major attempt to refloat HMS Warspite. Killed fourteen personnel on board and made sixteen injured: it was so damaged that his crew temporarily lost control. [81], Warspite joined the Eastern Fleet as flagship of Admiral Sir James Somerville, who had commanded her in 1927. [83] The U.S. VIII Corps eventually captured "Festung Brest" on 19 September, but by then Warspite had moved on to the next port. During Operation Neptune, it anchored off, In the aftermath of the Battle of Normandy, HMS Warspite supported allied land forces from 9 to 11 June, operating for the benefit of the Americans before cruising off. On the way back to Rosyth, she set off a magnetic mine, causing heavy damage, but was able to return without further incidents. Initially, Warspite was based in Ceylon, forming a fast group with the aircraft carriers Formidable and Indomitable, four cruisers and six destroyers. In the subsequent months she was damaged twice, first running aground in the Forth then colided with battleship Barham. The depth charge and A/S bombs exploded close to Warspite. [34], Between March 1934 and March 1937, she underwent a major reconstruction in Portsmouth at a cost of 2,363,000. Gebirsgger Division troops repulsed the attack. Division One and Two rendezvoused in the Gulf of Sirte on 9 July and covered the assembling convoys. (d.23rd May 1941). [48] Her Fairey Swordfish float-plane sank the German U-boat U-64 with 250lb bombs, becoming the first aircraft to sink a U-boat in the war. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. By Dec 1944, Royal Navy warship involvement in the Atlantic was reduced to very little, and she was decommissioned on 1 Feb 1945 before the European War had ended. The fleet consisted of battleship HMS Warspite, battleship HMS Valiant, battleship HMS Malaya, battleship HMS Ramillies, aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, 12 cruisers, 16 destroyers, and 6 submarines; they escorted four British transport ships. Again, these bundles have been left in the order they were received and the order reflected by labels on their original wrapping. Warspite had turned towards Valletta on the exercise's conclusion and the shells hurtled towards the city. Nicknamed 'The Old Lady', the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship, served in both world wars and marked the climax of the race for naval supremacy between Britain and Germany. It was hit three times by a German plane and accused of the loss of nine killed and fourteen wounded. On the advice of the salvage firm, all hopes of taking HMS Warspite to the breakers yard were abandoned. HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth -class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. [39] Warspite finally entered Grand Harbour, in Malta, on 14 January 1938 and continued gunnery practice and training. British ship. Many do not survive at all whilst significant proportions of those that do survive are held . In 1916 it was engaged at the battle of Jutland in the 5th Fighter Wing, during which it received fifteen shots at the goal. Meanwhile, at Crete, Greece, Australian and New Zealand troops counterattacked at Maleme at 0330 hours, but German 5. Records of HMS Warspite from other sources. Renovated from 1934 to 1937, the Warspite became the flagship of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. At the Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940, she hit the Italian flagship, Guilio Cesare, at the range of 21 kilometers. HMS Liverpool was hit by a dud, but it still killed 1 and wounded 2. [103] The stone was unveiled by Admiral Sir Charles Madden and prayers were read by a former crew member. About our Warspite was decommissioned from service. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Despite the use of 24 compressor tanks pumping air into her tanks, the salvage failed. Her tripod mast was removed and a distinctive armoured citadel built up to enclose the bridge and to provide space for her to operate as a flagship. [56] Warspite returned to Alexandria on 13 July. At 0530 hours, the British artillery barrage began, hitting Italian defensive positions at Bardia, Libya. Bad luck with collisions and other incidents kept her more so in the shipyards than in battles. . [34], Additionally, her superstructure was radically altered, allowing two cranes and an aircraft hangar to be fitted. Whilst travelling across the North Sea the ship came under attack from a German U-boat. In order to lighten the ship with the least possible delay it was decided to remover her 21-ton lower armour plates whole, and for this purpose a 25 ton crane was purchased. The British Royal Navy battleships HMS Warspite and HMS Valiant bombarded Reggio Calabria at the southern tip of Italy, eliminating a six gun battery. [86] Assigned to Division 2 with Valiant and Formidable, she returned to Alexandria on 5 July in preparation for Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily. H.St.L. Her ship's wheel was given by King George VI to King Haakon VII of Norway in 1947, who later gave it to the City of Narvik. from the vessel, which was at the time lying at Prussia Cove with a rock piercing her hull. During Operation Neptune, it anchored off Sword Beach and on June 6, 1944, it bombed the Villerville and Mont Canisy batteries, consuming 300x 381 mm shells in forty-eight hours. She provided gunfire support during the Sicily invasion in Jul 1943, and on 8 and 9 Sep 1943 bombarded German positions while fending off air attack during the Allied landing at Salerno. The futility of the mission and the exposure of his battleships led to a tense exchange of letters between Cunningham and Churchill. In Apr 1940, she operated off Norway and on 10 Apr she lent gunfire support at Narvik where British ships sank three German destroyers and damaged 5 others (all 5 were eventually scuttled to avoid capture). Engaged in the Mediterranean Sea, it participated in the Battle of Calabria during which it carried out one of the most important long-distance shots in history by touching the Italian Ciulio Cesare more than 23 kilometers away. + 2.75 Postage. Between 1924 and 1926, she was modernized, receiving an array of small caliber guns among other changes. During this long episode we will discuss the entire life of the ship, from the design of the Queen Elizabeth class battleships that would be launched in 1915, through the First World War and Jutland, the great unknown of the interwar years, the refits of the 1920s and 1930s, into war once again in 1939, and then finally to Warspite's final . The secondary armament was primarily controlled by directors mounted on each side of the compass platform on the foremast once they were fitted in July 1917. She was diverted northwards in pursuit of the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau which had sunk the armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi north of the Faroe Islands, but failed to make contact. Warspite was among a WW1-era battleship class whose existance had much to do with the influences of First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John "Jackie" Fisher and First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. Retained after World War I, it moved between postings in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She was soon on the journey to Malta, escorted by the anti-aircraft cruiser Delhi and four destroyers, while being towed by United States Navy tugs. Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named Warspite. During this period The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd had recovered approx 5,000 tons of steel and 200 tons of non-ferrous metal. Unfortunately the hawser fouled the tug's propellers and she went aground again in an exposed position. Cunningham hoped to draw the Regia Marina into battle by sailing towards the "toe" of Italy to cut them off from their base at Taranto. [83] Although the Italians had surrendered, the Germans had anticipated this and moved forces into position to block the Allied landings. In the Mediterranean Sea, Italian bombers attacked British battleship HMS Warspite and cruiser HMS Liverpool between 0850 and 1150 hours. Her crew numbered 1,025 officers and ratings in 1915 and 1,220 in 1920. Her thirty-year career covered both world wars and took her across the Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Pacific Oceans. Over 125 aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica attacked the ships over the next three hours but caused no damage. Warspite took part in 15 major engagements, from Jutland in World War 1 to 14 actions in World War 2. Albert Edward Harding HMS Warspite (d.22nd May 1941) Albert Harding, Royal Navy, born 24th January 1901 in Wealdstone, Middlesex, took the King's shilling at about the age of 15 and served in the Royal Navy from that time, during WW1. After repairs, she bombarded Brest, Le Havre, and Walcheren. A Queen Elizabeth -class battleship, Warspite was completed in 1915 and fought at Jutland the following year. [6], The waterline belt of the Queen Elizabeth class consisted of Krupp cemented armour (KC) that was 13 inches (330mm) thick over the ships' vitals. [83] Her surface radar was replaced in Durban in October and Captain Packer, her former Assistant Gunnery Officer at Jutland, took command in January 1943. This could carry four aircraft, but Warspite typically carried only two: from 1938 to 1941 these were Swordfish floatplanes and from 1942 to 1943 Walrus flying boats. Towing a ship of Warspite's dimensions proved difficult, and at one stage she broke all tow lines and drifted sideways through the Straits of Messina. A storm in April 1947 sank it in Mount Bay and, despite multiple efforts to refloat it, its wreck remained there until 1950. "[87], Between 2 and 3 September, Warspite and Valiant covered the assault across the Straits of Messina and bombarded the Italian coastal batteries near Reggio. C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. British ships rescued 905 Italian sailors but hurriedly departed at daybreak, fearing Luftwaffe attack; the Royal Navy would provide coordinates of remaining survivors to Italian ship Gradisca to continue to rescue. [12] In late 1915, Warspite was grounded in the River Forth causing some damage to her hull; she had been led by her escorting destroyers down the small ships channel. Mar. [70], During the Battle of Crete, Warspite was used as a floating anti-aircraft battery and[71] like many other ships, suffered severe damage from German air attacks on 22 May. ww2dbaseBetween Aug and Dec 1941, Warspite received repairs at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the United States. H.M.S. Uncertain how severe the damage was, Campioni ordered his battleships to turn away in the face of superior British numbers and they disengaged behind a smoke screen laid by Italian destroyers. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. In 1943 she was badly damaged by an early guided missile, demonstrated how far naval warfare had changed since she was laid down in 1912. . Creator/User: Britain THE NAVY LIST - HMS WARSPITE. The main conning tower was protected by 13 inches of armour. Stkr1. [17] When the squadron turned to join the Grand Fleet, the damage from a shell hitting the port-wing engine room caused Warspite's steering to jam as she attempted to avoid her sister ships Valiant and Malaya. [28] Early in April 1918 she joined the Grand Fleet in a fruitless pursuit of the German High Seas Fleet which had been hunting for a convoy near Norway. [22], Warspite was hit fifteen times during the battle,[23] and had 14 killed and 16 wounded; among the latter warrant officer Walter Yeo, who became one of the first men to receive facial reconstruction via plastic surgery. She was towed to Gibraltar for temporary repairs and then fully repaired at Rosyth in March 1944. [47] On 13 April, Vice-Admiral William Whitworth hoisted his flag in Warspite and led nine destroyers, three sweeping mines and six in an offensive role, into Ofotfjord to neutralise a force of eight German destroyers trapped near the port of Narvik. 7th Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE, MALAYA, ROYAL SOVEREIGN, HMS EAGLE, HM Cruisers NEPTUNE, GLOUCESTER , ORION and SYDNEY screened by HM Destroyers DAINTY, DEFENDER, HASTY, HOSTILE, HYPERION, ILEX, IMPERIAL, JUNO, VAMPIRE (RAN) and VOYAGER (RAN) as Force A to provide Distant Cover for passage of Convoys MF1 and MS1 in a repeat of She returned to active duty in 1937, once again as the flagship in the Mediterranean. Samuel died from an accidental explosion on board HMS Warspite, Able Sea. L. de Villiers, RN) had left Gibraltar on 31 August 1939 for Freetown. At the end of WW1, she was among the ships of the Grand Fleet that received the surrendering German High Seas Fleet. WARSPITE CREW PHOTOGRAPHS If you would like to add a photograph please email info @ jutlandcrewlists.org (remove spaces). WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. [102], A memorial stone was placed near the sea wall at Marazion and later moved a short distance. As soon as the plates were landed on the deck they were cut into quarters and then sent by The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd's own barge to their Penzance Siding Depot to be railed to Sheffield. ww2dbaseDespite pleas to convert her into a museum ship, Warspite was sold for scrap in 1947. One Italian bomber was shot down by a Sea Gladiator carrier biplane fighter from HMS Eagle. Aided by her compressor and two jet engines from an experimental aircraft the hulk was finally moved 130 feet (40m) closer to shore and by the summer of 1955, on-site scrapping resulted in her disappearance from view. In 1916 it was engaged at the battle of Jutland in the 5th Fighter Wing, during which it received fifteen shots at the goal. My grandfather James Shackleton Illingworth served aboard HMS Warspite in around 1914-1918 and was stationed at Scapa Flow i believe. Beaum: 27,58 m Somerville's fleet was outnumbered and outclassed but he hoped to get close enough to launch a night-time torpedo bomber attack. HMS Warspite - RN battleships of WW2 Warspite was the second of the class to commission, joining the 5th Battle Squadron with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow. Vivid was/is an RN Barracks in Plymouth. She was at sea when the crews of a number of warships mutinied at Invergordon in September 1931, although three sailors were later dismissed from the ship. [74] The attack was carried out by Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77Fighter Wing 77). It was repaired in the United States and later deployed to the Indian Ocean before returning to the Mediterranean in June 1943 in order to participate in the H force in Operation Husky in Sicily and Operation Avalanche Before Salerno. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. All were sunk during the action. 70.00 + 2.75 Postage. [78] Warspite was still at the shipyard when the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor and went on alert as she would have been one of the few ships in the harbour which could have provided anti-aircraft defence should the Japanese have struck east. [18] Captain Phillpotts decided to maintain course, in effect circling, rather than come to a halt and reverse. In 1939 he became Command Boatswain on HMS Pembroke and in 1940 joined HMS Warspite. 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