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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BREMERTON — On a rainy August morning 80 years ago, a battered British battleship hobbled its way into Sinclair Inlet. It was the HMS Warspite, a veteran warship of both world wars nearly destroyed ...

THE ROYAL NAVY came just seconds from a nuclear disaster after colliding with a Soviet submarine in the Barents Sea, a historian has claimed. The incident came just six years after the Cuban Missile ...

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 ...

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 ...

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