Prussia Cove was for the most part unheard of, until in 1947 the famous battleship HMS Warspite broke her tow whilst on the way to the ship breakers, and went aground on the hazardous rocks.

Warspite found a Soviet submarine and began to track her, quickly identifying the boat as an Echo II nuclear cruise missile submarine (SSGN). The Project 675 submarine boat displaced 5900 tons ...

She was taken apart after running aground in a storm off Prussia Cove in Cornwall in 1947. The ship was the seventh Royal Navy vessel to bear the name Warspite. The original was launched in 1596 ...

Credit: BPM Media However, after being decommissioned in 1945, HMS Warspite ran aground near Prussia Cove whilst being towed to be scrapped in 1947. An attempt to re-float Warspite was made in ...

Prussia Cove was for the most part unheard of, until in 1947 the famous battleship HMS Warspite broke her tow whilst on the way to the ship breakers, and went aground on the hazardous rocks.

She was taken apart after running aground in a storm off Prussia Cove in Cornwall in 1947. The ship was the seventh Royal Navy vessel to bear the name Warspite. The original was launched in 1596 ...