Seven British warships have carried the name Warspite, the most illustrious being the Queen Elizabeth class battleship that fought gallantly in two world wars. During the Cold War, the Royal Navy’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
Admiral Andrew Cunningham steered HMS Warspite straight into the lion’s den, gunning to corner the Italian Royal Navy in a fierce clash right off their own coastline. It was a bold gamble that ...
Today in a special collaboration with World of Warships our favourite naval historian Dan Snow ranks his favourite battleships of WW2. From the gigantic Yamato, to the humble yet deadly HMS Warspite.
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 ...
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 ...
Cdr Tim Cannon, engineer in the nuclear submarine Warspite whose actions in a fire averted disaster He filled the burning compartment with foam and through his courage and technical knowledge secured ...