Warspite was among a WW1-era battleship class whose existance had much to do with the influences of First Sea Lord Admiral Sir John "Jackie" Fisher and First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill. Shortly after commissioning in early 1916, she participated in the Battle of Jutland of the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet.In the Second World War, Malaya served mostly in escort duties in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. HMS Warspite Crew List Home Page Jutland Crew Lists The Navy Lists Research Status Ship Interest Groups Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names Jutland Memorial Warspite H.M.S. On her return, Admiral Cunningham inadvertently coined the nickname by which she would be known thereafter when he signalled: "Operation well carried out. [84] She covered the landings at Mahajanga and Tamatave during the Battle of Madagascar an Allied invasion, in September. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. ON 10 Sep, she was among the British ships escorting the surrendering ships of the Italian Navy to Malta. [67] Cunningham rejected this plan, but on 21 April he sailed with Warspite to bombard the harbour in company with Barham and Valiant, the cruiser Gloucester and several destroyers. To save his cruisers Cunningham ordered an air attack, prompting Iachino to retreat. [1]:10 Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite, Cmmd.Boatswain. THE NAVY LIST - HMS WARSPITE. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 2nd June 1944. They were completed after the start of the Pacific War in December and the ship sailed across the Pacific to join the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean in early 1942. Cmmd.Boatswain. [41] For the remainder of the year, she cruised the Aegean, Adriatic and Mediterranean seas, leading an intensive series of fleet exercises in August due to rising international tension. In Apr 1942, the Japanese attacked Ceylon in force, sinking cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire and carrier Hermes; Warspite and other ships were dispatched to intercept the Japanese fleet, but they failed to locate it. Speed: 23 knots The bombs that did hit her struck near the funnel, cutting through her decks and making a 20-foot hole in the bottom of her hull, crippling her. She was powered by two sets of Parsons steam turbines, each driving two shafts using steam from 24 Yarrow boilers. A list of the crew, with their Register Ticket numbers, to be filed for a foreign-going ship on sailing. [83] Warspite returned to Britain in March 1944 to continue her repairs at Rosyth. [28] In June 1917, Warspite collided with a destroyer, but did not require major repairs. During Operation Neptune, it anchored off Sword Beach and on June 6, 1944, it bombed the Villerville and Mont Canisy batteries, consuming 300x 381 mm shells in forty-eight hours. [95], Warspite arrived off Ushant on 25 August 1944 and attacked the coastal batteries at Le Conquet and Pointe Saint-Mathieu during the Battle for Brest. One was mounted above the conning tower, protected by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod mast. The Japanese believed that she was still in Sydney and ordered the attack on Sydney Harbour. All were sunk during the action. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. In 1946, deemed a total loss and judged entirely unrecoverable, HMS Warspite was sold for scrap by the underwriters to a Mr Richard Bennett [by 1947 Mr R Bennett had set up 'Western Salvage Co Ltd', of Penzance & Bristol.] [13], Following the German raid on Lowestoft in April 1916, Warspite and the 5th Battle Squadron were temporarily assigned to Vice-Admiral David Beatty's Battlecruiser Force. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. [19], The crew regained control of Warspite after two full circles. In May 1941, she was damaged off Crete by German dive bombers. A storm in April 1947 sank it in Mount Bay and, despite multiple efforts to refloat it, its wreck remained there until 1950. 7.3 The distribution of the surviving lists. If so, please consider supporting us on Patreon. 70.00 . If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. After repairs, she bombarded Brest, Le Havre, and Walcheren. Warspite took part in 15 major engagements, from Jutland in World War 1 to 14 actions in World War 2. The latest HMS Warspite was the third of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the second (and final) of the Valiant class. Hi Ady thanks for the help. It was finally demolished the same year. The remains of the masts lie in the yard at Porthenalls House, Prussia Cove and one portion was erected on a headland, overlooking Prussia Cove. When she was launched in 1913 the use of oil as fuel and untried 15-inch guns were revolutionary concepts in the naval arms race between Britain and Germany, a considerable risk for Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, and Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jackie Fisher, who had advocated the design. RM 2BJY9BY - HMS Warspite twin screw armour clad cruiser Floated out of Dock at Chatham Yard 29th January 1884. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small After arriving off Salerno on 15 September, Warspite bombarded an ammunition dump and other positions around Altavilla Silentina, demoralising the German forces and providing time for Allied reinforcements to arrive. This record is held by Walsall Archives See contact details Have you found an error with this catalogue description? British ship. It was repaired in the United States and later deployed to the Indian Ocean before returning to the Mediterranean in June 1943 in order to participate in the H force in Operation Husky in Sicily and Operation Avalanche. Warspite was decommissioned from service. It was repaired in the United States and later deployed to the Indian Ocean before returning to the Mediterranean in June 1943 in order to participate in the H force in Operation Husky in Sicily and Operation Avalanche Before Salerno. At 0400 hours, British destroyers HMS Jervis and HMS Nubian approached damaged Italian cruiser Pola, captured her crew, and sank her with torpedoes. 1000/1/3 - Records of the The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd, Wednesfield, and its subsidiary companies. [86] Assigned to Division 2 with Valiant and Formidable, she returned to Alexandria on 5 July in preparation for Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily. HMS Warspite " The Old Lady". RMMMR0FD - A commemorative plaque to the crew of HMS Warspite which capsized and sank breaking up on the rocks in mounts bay near Penzance in 1947. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. With the monitors Erebus and Roberts, she bombarded targets on Walcheren Island on 1 November 1944, returning to Deal the next day, having fired her guns for the last time. On January 1, 1945, after good and loyal services, HMS Warspite was placed in reserve and then definitively retired from service. [59], In March 1941, to support the planned German invasion of the Balkans, Vice Admiral Angelo Iachino's Italian fleet, led by the battleship Vittorio Veneto, sailed to intercept Allied convoys between Egypt and Greece. [28] Early in April 1918 she joined the Grand Fleet in a fruitless pursuit of the German High Seas Fleet which had been hunting for a convoy near Norway. A large crowd and the media watched on as the salvage crew set to work. However, early in the afternoon she was attacked by a Luftwaffe squadron of Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter bombers and then, from high altitude, by three Dornier Do 217 bombers from KG 100 armed with an early guided bomb, the Fritz X. She took part in the battle of Jutland in 1916 and sustained between 13 and 15 hits after her steering gear jammed and she circled in front of the German fleet. Ship Interest Groups. [80] She joined the Eastern Fleet at Trincomalee in March 1942. [37], After completion of the refit, Warspite was recommissioned under the command of Captain Victor Crutchley. In 1934, she underwent a complete modernization, radically altering her superstructure and adding an aircraft hangar. The ground forces would penetrate 2 miles into the Italian lines. Her tripod mast was removed and a distinctive armoured citadel built up to enclose the bridge and to provide space for her to operate as a flagship. [14] On 31 May, Warspite was deployed with the squadron to fight in the Battle of Jutland, the largest naval encounter between Britain and Germany during the war. Vivid was/is an RN Barracks in Plymouth. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Repairs to her propeller shafts and the replacement of the guns took until early August; she sailed to Scapa Flow to calibrate the new barrels with only three functional shafts, limiting her top speed to 15 knots,[83] although by now the Admiralty considered her main role was that of a bombardment vessel. The American forces near Battipaglia were in a precarious situation following German counter-attacks. Add a Name to this List [83] On 17 July, she bombarded Catania in support of an unsuccessful attack by the 8th Army, although her steering problem temporarily delayed her taking up position. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. The World War II Database is founded and managed by 24. Length: 194,89 m 1000 - Records of IMI [Imperial Metal Industries] PLC and subsidiary companies. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Italian cruiser Fiume, cruiser Zara, destroyer Alfieri, and destroyer Carducci were sunk, while destroyer Oriani was heavily damaged. She ran aground off Dunbar on 17 September 1915, which necessitated repairs until 20 November. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. In April of 1940 HMS Warspite took part in the Second Battle of Navarik and her reconnaissance aircraft bombed and sank German submarine U-64. . When the Second World War broke out, it was deployed in April 1940 as part of the Norwegian campaign and took part in numerous coastal batteries as well as German warships. [58] On 10 January 1941, Warspite was lightly damaged by a bomb while operating with Force A during Operation Excess. By Dec 1944, Royal Navy warship involvement in the Atlantic was reduced to very little, and she was decommissioned on 1 Feb 1945 before the European War had ended. One hit might have been obtained on a 8" cruiser. She returned to Salerno on 15 Sep to continue the naval bombardment aimed to assist the Allied ground forces ashore. Within each group were bundles of documents. The goal of this In Jun 1939, Vice Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham came abroad as the new commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. The ship had a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,260km; 5,754mi) at a cruising speed of 12 knots (22.2km/h; 13.8mph). Renovated from 1934 to 1937, the Warspite became the flagship of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. [83], In August, she was involved in Operation Stab, a simulated attack on the Andaman Islands to distract the Japanese from U.S. preparations to attack Guadalcanal. The futility of the mission and the exposure of his battleships led to a tense exchange of letters between Cunningham and Churchill. The remainder of Warspite's cruise was uneventful. In 1918, Warspite had to spend four months being repaired after a boiler room caught fire. JCL-Website-Valiant : Valiant Crew List. [17] When the squadron turned to join the Grand Fleet, the damage from a shell hitting the port-wing engine room caused Warspite's steering to jam as she attempted to avoid her sister ships Valiant and Malaya. The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd, Wednesfield, then negotiated a contract in August 1947 with Mr R Bennett, under which they were to advance monies against the vessel's much needed non-ferrous metal to be salvaged and delivered, estimated at 1,250 - 1,500 tons [see 'The August Agreement']. Somerville's fleet was outnumbered and outclassed but he hoped to get close enough to launch a night-time torpedo bomber attack. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Crew complement. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Warspite and a British destroyer during Second Battle of Narvik, 13 Apr 1940. The Italian cruisers turned away under a smoke screen while the battleships Giulio Cesare and Conte di Cavour closed on Warspite before Malaya and Royal Sovereign could catch up.[54]. [83] Her surface radar was replaced in Durban in October and Captain Packer, her former Assistant Gunnery Officer at Jutland, took command in January 1943. Battleship HMS Warspite, battleship HMS Barham, battleship HMS Valiant, carrier HMS Formidable, and nine destroyers of the British Mediterranean Fleet departed Alexandria, Egypt to hunt for an Italian fleet known to have departed bases in Italy. [16], The 5th Battle Squadron then headed north, exchanging fire with both Hipper's battlecruiser force and the leading elements of Scheer's battleships, damaging Markgraf. HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth -class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. [53] The two fleets eventually met 30 miles from Punta Stilo at the Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940. The Captain spoke to the ships company telling. In the Mediterranean Sea, Italian bombers attacked British battleship HMS Warspite and cruiser HMS Liverpool between 0850 and 1150 hours. On Sat July 29th, 1950, the salvage firm had a success; they floated the ship and began to tow her away from Prussia Cove. British battleships HMS Barham, HMS Valiant, and HMS Warspite continued to shell the Italian fleet off Cape Matapan, Greece. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. On March 27, 1941, it took part in the battle of Cape Matapan and engaged several Italian buildings which were severely hit and destroyed. [34], Additionally, her superstructure was radically altered, allowing two cranes and an aircraft hangar to be fitted. October 1, 1926: HMS Warspite firing the finishing gun at the Stokers Cutter race during the Fleet Regatta at Volo, Greece. After 1861 only a sample of crew lists and agreements and log books are held at The National Archives. [26], Upon the completion of her repairs, Warspite rejoined the 5th Battle Squadron. Want to know what life was like during the War? At 1200 and 1509 hours, Allied torpedo bombers from HMS Formidable attacked, putting battleship Vittorio Veneto out of action for about 90 minutes at the cost of one aircraft. As it made its way to Rosyth in order to change its guns, it hit a magnetic mine and after short repairs it resumed service off Normandy. Crew from HMS Valiant came in first, HMS Barham second and HMS Resolution third. Sponsored. [4], The Queen Elizabeth class was equipped with eight breech-loading (BL) 15-inch (381mm) Mk I guns in four twin-gun turrets, in two superfiring pairs fore and aft of the superstructure, designated 'A', 'B', 'X', and 'Y' from front to rear. Early in 1949, in order to safeguard their financial commitments, The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd took over the vessel and entered into a contract with a firm of salvage contractors, 'P Bauer (Salvage) Ltd', London. ww2dbaseBetween Aug and Dec 1941, Warspite received repairs at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the United States. Warspite returned home in mid-1943 to conduct naval gunfire support as part of Force H during the Italian campaign. ww2dbaseDespite pleas to convert her into a museum ship, Warspite was sold for scrap in 1947. At 1515 hours, 50 miles south of Italy, heavily escorted Italian convoy for Benghazi, Libya ran into an equally powerful British convoy for Malta. [28], In 1919, Warspite joined the 2nd Battle Squadron, part of the newly formed Atlantic Fleet, and undertook regular spring cruises to the Mediterranean. However, the new "fast battleships" proved to be an outstanding success during the First World War. She was the sixth RN warship to bear this name which was introduced in 1759 for a . The Kriegsmarine had its back broken in this campaign as almost half its destroyer strength had been destroyed by the Royal Navy. H MS Warspite, 1944, Normandy (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge) return to Contents List QUEEN ELIZABETH-Class battleship ordered from HM Dockyard, Portsmouth after approval of design in June 1912. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them. 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