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In the annals of Naval warfare, few ships carry the weight of the name “Warspite.” Launched 110 years ago this month, the Queen Elizabeth class super-dreadnought HMS Warspite was in commission for thirty years, and received more battle honors than any ship in the history of the Royal Navy.
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Scrapping a ship like that is a crime against History itself.
My grandfather worked his whole life in the shipyard in Bremerton Washington USA. Warspite was the first ship he ever worked on. She was state side for a refit. i believed early WW2 before the U.S. had entered the war.
Thank you for honouring Warspite.
he forgets the mention that HMS Warspite is a ship you have to pay real money for in this free to play game — take it from me, she's a great ship to have, well placed at Tier 6
also my Grandfather was there at Prussia Cove where a Memorial now stands to remember the grand old lady, he was on shore leave during his own service with the Royal Navy and went over to have a look at the Grand Old Lady, he later told me, and i'll quote for quote on this one because it was rare for my grandfather to use profanity, when he told me of this he said "the grand old lady wasn't going down without a fight, that big bitch wasn't getting scrapped as easily as the Admiralty had hoped"
0:22: 🚢 HMS Warspite, a renowned battleship, served for 30 years in the Royal Navy and earned numerous battle honors.
3:28: 🔫 Excerpts from the journals of Commander Humphrey Wallwin and Gunner John Hazelwood provide a taste of what it was like to experience naval combat in the Great War.
6:44: 🔥 The narrator describes the intense damage and chaos on a ship during battle.
10:32: 🚢 The HMS Warspite engaged in a snowfight between turrets during a battle with German destroyers off the Norwegian Port of Narvik.
13:42: 🚢 HMS Warspite supported British troops on Sword Beach during D-Day.
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I cant find it. But is there a HMS Warspite in service today? Feels kind of odd if there wasnt.
Even the name Enterprise will carry on in the next Ford carriee CVN-80
In one of his volumes of his war memoirs by the late, great comedian, Spike Milligan, on landing for the Italian campaign he observed HMS Warspite in a bay, blasting her big guns far inland in support of the troops. Watching the explosions inland, a sailor next to him commented "that's not doing Jerry much good". Then observing how far the ship rocked on her axis from the blast of her mighty guns, the sailor added "it's not doing Warspite much good either!"
Do you need this?
Pretty good though.
She did not go quietly into the night!!💪
Of all the ships in the British navy HMS Warspite should have been preserved.
The brittish should feel ashamed for not saving her. At least save her bell or her guns something.
Warspite,Enterprise should have been saved at any cost in my opinion.But there in are hearts of us History people and those who served on them if any still survive and there families. Would have loved to Have seen Duke of york, Queen Elizabeth,Nelson,Rodney They where Famous and some where from a Engineering stand point where significant and a Personal one for me would Be H.M.S. Tiger. Very good video.
“Ding, ding of the fire Gong” not “ fire going”. If you watch the ‘Battle of the River Plate’ you can hear the fire gongs going before each RN salvo.
Of all the ships in any country that deserved to be an honored museum ship, it was HMS Warspite. For lack of pride by uncaring Politicians she none the less went out on her own terms.
"Operation well carried out. There is no question, when the old lady lifts her skirts, she can run." Admiral Cunningham
"Operation well carried out. There is no question, when the old lady lifts her skirts, she can run." Admiral Cunningham
I believe ships have souls and hers was brave, very brave.
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Are you making videos for history sake or for the sake of your sponsors? ie World of Warships.
I appreciate you and thank you for making content.
You have GOT to do the USS Liberty talk about forgotten history . . .
I just finished reading a history of Warspite. This THG post was a perfect coda to my reading. Thank you!
Hey History guy you got the size of the Italian Battleships wrong. No Italian Battleship had 16" guns. The Italian ship that Warspite hit had 12.6 inch guns.
HMS Warspite. A truly unsinkable battleship.
Warspite was damaged by a radio controlled glider bomb in the Mediterranean. A boiler room was knocked out and X turret was put out of action. She was partially repaired in time for Normandy and fought with six main guns and reduced speed. For those saying she should have been preserved, I agree. But you have to remember the practicalities. Britain was bankrupt after World War II. If every ship that people wanted preserved was done so, our ports would be full of rust ridden hulks now. It costs a fortune. Just look at what has happened to USS Texas.
Queen.
Before thou speak'st, take that: if he be dead,
Our self will see his funeral honoured.
3rd Post.
I then proceed thus: when the great galleons
And galliasses had environ'd them,
The undaunted Frobisher, though round beset,
Cheer'd up his soldiers, and well manned his fights,
And standing barehead bravely on the deck,
When murdering shot, as thick as April's hail,
Sung by his ears, he wav'd his warlike sword,
Firing at once his tiers on either side
With such a fury that he brake their chains,
Shatter'd their decks, and made their stoutest ships
Like drunkards reel, and tumble side to side.
Thus, in war's spite and all the Spaniards' scoff,
He brought both ship and soldiers bravely off.
Queen.
War's spite, indeed; and we, to do him right,
Will call the ship he fought in the War's-spite.
Now, countrymen, shall our spirits here on land
Come short of theirs so much admir'd at sea?
If there be any here that harbour fear,
We give them liberty to leave the camp,
And thank them for their absence.
A march! Lead on! We'll meet the worst can fall.
A maiden Queen is now your general.
Warspite or to give her her full title: Queen of the Mediterranean, bane of the Germany and Italy, the indestructible, unsinkable, Grand Old Lady, Warspite.
Great content again.
@kellyhovis…I definitely agree. IMHO, HMS Warspite holds the greatest combat record of any battleship of the steel era.
Bite me scrappers! Think I'll go take a rest on that beach…
Don't worry folks the hallowed name and tradition lives on….there's a new Warspite(SSBN) being built here at this very moment in the Shipyard in my hometown of Barrow in Furness?.*My Dad(Rip😢) served on the 1960s SSN Hms Warspite!.🇬🇧🛡⚔️🌊⚓️🇬🇧😉👌😎👍👍👍
Wonderful thank you
Hi, I watched this video on HMS Warspite with considerable interest, as my father, Errol Frank Moore, served on her, as a leading telegraphist, from her time in Bremerton being repaired to when she returned to the UK. On her way south from Bremerton, Warspite called at Pearl Harbor, and my father saw the devastation of the then-recent Japanese air raid at first hand; he never said very much about it, but he did describe the sheer scale of the destruction.
The particular anecdote I am going to share with you relates to when the British Eastern Fleet was based in Ceylon. You will be aware that the Japanese tried to repeat their Pearl Harbor success at the expense of the British fleet, but, as we now know, the British got wind of this through the American success in breaking the Japanese JN25 code. We now know that the British codebreaking centre in Ceylon was at HMS Anderson, and it was from there that Admiral Sir James Somerville learned of the impending raid. As you probably already know, a British aircraft was sent up to fly towards the oncoming Japanese aircraft, and to report them, as a cover for the fact that we had broken the Japanese codes.
My father was probably on watch at this time, and he used to say that, at one point, the message came through, “How quickly can you raise steam?” The various ships in the fleet responded accordingly, and the next order was, “Raise steam in half that time!”
This was the start of the dash out to sea, west of Ceylon, which saved the British fleet from the subsequent raid.
Stephen Moore, London, UK
Most decorated in the history of the greatest navy of all time. That says it all.
Thank you, THG for a great summary of the life and times of HMS Warspite. What a story of combat.
It's beyond ridiculous that Britain failed to preserve this ship as a museum.
I wonder if there has been a resolution ever proposed to build a deck level full scale replica of the Warspite with some walk-through interactive compartments perfectly replicated.
It's not the actual ship but at least it would be something…
She didn't want be scrapped.
We had the honour of being at the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland as a member of our family was on HMS Malaya for the battle. Malaya was a sister ship of HMS Warship. It was a very moving series of ceremonies especially the services in the cathedral and cemetery and the dropping of flowers in the sea.
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I think this is the first time where i can say i had a distant relative (great grandfather) serve on HMS Warspite during WW1.
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The warspite had gremlins that attacked the steerage! She was also hit by a glider bomb permanently knocked out one of after turrets which permanently stuck facing rearward!
When the Warspite was in Bremerton for repairs after the battle of Crete during WW2. My English grandparents would invite some of the sailors to dinner. The announcement of the attack on Pearl Harbor interrupted the evening as the crew had to report back to the ship. My grandma always felt “those boys” needed a good English meal. She had lost both her brothers in WW1 in the battle of the Somme.