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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 ...
It was the HMS Warspite, a veteran warship of both world wars nearly destroyed months earlier by German warplanes in the Mediterranean. It not only needed emergency repairs at the Puget Sound ...
To HMS Warspite went the honor of being the first ship to open fire on D-Day, with her shells pummeling a German gun battery that showed signs of life.At 5:30 AM the whole bombardment fleet roared ...
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.
As the battle commenced, Warspite's gunners attempted an almost mythical feat—firing a 15-inch shell at the Giulio Cesare from 14 miles away, a range nearly unheard of in naval warfare.
Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, was among 30,000 people who watched the launch of HMS Warspite on 26 November 1913 The ceremony at Devonport was a celebration of Plymouth's ship ...
The greatest name in the history of the Royal Navy in the 20th Century will be resurrected in the 21st. The third next-generation nuclear deterrence submarine will be named HMS Warspite ...
Ashtrays salvaged from a battleship which crashed in Cornwall more than 70 years ago will be displayed at Penlee Lifeboat Station. On April 23, 1947, eight men jumped for their lives when the ...
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.
Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, was among 30,000 people who watched the launch of HMS Warspite on 26 November 1913 One of Britain's "deadliest ships" has been honoured at a ...