WARSPITE CREW PHOTOGRAPHS If you would like to add a photograph please email info @ jutlandcrewlists.org (remove spaces). Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them. [28] In June 1917, Warspite collided with a destroyer, but did not require major repairs. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? [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. They succeeded in correcting the problem, but the ship would be plagued with steering irregularities for the rest of her naval career. It was decided to sever HMS Warspite completely. [56] Warspite returned to Alexandria on 13 July. H.St.L. October 1, 1926: HMS Warspite firing the finishing gun at the Stokers Cutter race during the Fleet Regatta at Volo, Greece. Did you enjoy this article or find this article helpful? Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by [19], The crew regained control of Warspite after two full circles. The Battle of Cape Matapan would close with 5 Italian warships lost, killing 2,303 men; the British suffered only 3 killed, the air crew of a single torpedo bomber lost on 28 Mar 1941. In 1943 she was badly damaged by an early guided missile, demonstrated how far naval warfare had changed since she was laid down in 1912. . By June 27th, she was finally severed and pulled inshore. He served on the St Cyrus, a tug that was tender to the Repulse in the Atlantic fleet in 1930, on the Boyne in fishery protection and on St Issey in 1935 in the Mediterranean fleet, all based at Chatham and with him as Boatswain. British ship. The British Royal Navy battleship, HMS Warspite, arrived at Malta's Grand Harbour to a rapturous welcome from the islanders. 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']. April, but these proved ineffectual and she returned to Scapa Flow prior to being redeployed to the Mediterranean on 28 April. They were too slow to screen her effectively, but there were no more encounters with German vessels and she reached Rosyth safely on the morning of 1 June, where it took two months to repair the damage. [65], The Battle of Cape Matapan had a paralysing effect on the Regia Marina, providing the Royal Navy with an opportunity to tighten its grip on the Mediterranean, as evidenced by the unequal Battle of the Tarigo Convoy near the Kerkennah Islands on 16 April. [27] He was replaced by Captain de Bartolome in December 1916. [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. [30] After the process finished in 1926, Warspite assumed the role of flagship of the Commander-in-Chief and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet. [54][55] The shell pierced Giulio Cesare's rear funnel and detonated inside it, blowing out a hole nearly 6.1 meters (20ft) across, while fragments started several fires and their smoke was drawn into the boiler rooms, forcing four boilers off-line as their operators could not breathe which reduced the ship's speed to 18 knots (33km/h; 21mph). The battleship 03 H.M.S. She was withdrawn from service at the end of 1944 . The intention was for her to become the flagship of Admiral Dudley Pound's Mediterranean Fleet, but trials revealed problems with propulsion machinery and steering, a legacy of Jutland, which continued to beset Warspite and delayed her departure. 24. 28/09/44-01/05/46 HMS Pembroke/HMS Marlborough. The British Mediterranean Fleet departed Alexandria, Egypt to escort a supply convoy to Malta. [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. She was hit directly once; a second near-miss ripped open the torpedo bulges while the third missed altogether. Twelve of the fourteen BL 6-inch (152mm) Mk XII guns were mounted in casemates along the broadside of the vessel amidships; the remaining pair were mounted on the forecastle deck near the aft funnel and were protected by gun shields. [50] The British destroyers soon opened fire on their counterparts, which had almost exhausted their fuel and ammunition following the First Naval Battle of Narvik. Warspite later attempted to ram a surfaced U-boat. Let us know Help. [31] In 1927, under the command of Captain James Somerville, she struck an uncharted rock in the Aegean and was ordered to return to Portsmouth for repairs. Whilst travelling across the North Sea the ship came under attack from a German U-boat. By June 1944 HMS Warspite had been deployed at Normandy and with only three functioning main turrets she took part in the bombardment of Brest, Le Havre and Walcheren Island. The Warspite was damaged during the Battle of Crete during a German air attack. She was diverted northwards in pursuit of the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau which had sunk the armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi north of the Faroe Islands, but failed to make contact. Length: 194,89 m These included the Atlantic convoys, Narvik, Norway, Calabria, the Mediterranean, the Malta convoys, Matapan, Crete, Sicily, Salerno, the English Channel, Normandy and the Bay of Biscay. Warspite took part in 15 major engagements, from Jutland in World War 1 to 14 actions in World War 2. This decision exposed Warspite and made her a tempting target; she was hit multiple times, but inadvertently diverted attention from the armoured cruiser Warrior, which had been critically damaged whilst attacking the leading elements of the German fleet. 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. Mar. Able Sea. Crew list photos of HMS Warspite Directory of Names Jutland Memorial - H.M.S. On the advice of the salvage firm, all hopes of taking HMS Warspite to the breakers yard were abandoned. On March 27, 1941, it took part in the battle of Cape Matapan and engaged several Italian buildings which were severely hit and destroyed. Initially, the Allied cruisers, armed with 6-inch guns, were outranged by the 8-inch guns of their heavier Italian counterparts and disengaged. [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. Samuel died from an accidental explosion on board HMS Warspite, Able Sea. During this time the diver - Mr Jim Craig - was repairing and sealing where necessary. It was hit three times by a German plane and accused of the loss of nine killed and fourteen wounded. British ships rescued 905 Italian sailors but hurriedly departed at daybreak, fearing Luftwaffe attack; the Royal Navy would provide coordinates of remaining survivors to Italian ship Gradisca to continue to rescue. She underwent a short refit in Durban in April and returned to the UK in May 1943, having sailed approximately 160,000 miles since the war began. C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo used five carriers and four battleships in the Indian Ocean raid a naval sortie into the Indian Ocean in April, attacking Allied shipping and bases in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal. The futility of the mission and the exposure of his battleships led to a tense exchange of letters between Cunningham and Churchill. All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB. [76], In June 1941, Warspite departed Alexandria for the Bremerton Naval Shipyard in the United States, arriving there on 11 August,[28] having travelled through the Suez Canal, across the Indian Ocean to Ceylon, stopping at Manila, then Pearl Harbor and finally Esquimalt along the way. Warspite's fast group set sail to intercept on 4 April, detecting the Japanese attack on the cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire and later, a scouting aircraft from the cruiser Tone. [62] Warspite, Valiant and Barham closed on the unsuspecting Italian ships and aided by searchlights, destroyed the heavy cruisers Fiume and Zara and two destroyers at point blank range. WARSPITE Crew List With Additional Information Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project Share by: Although the damage had been considerable, Warspite's casualties amounted to only nine killed and fourteen wounded.[90]. One of her 15-inch tompions and her chapel door are held by the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth. In 1916 it was engaged at the battle of Jutland in the 5th Fighter Wing, during which it received fifteen shots at the goal. She lost 14 men and many more were injured while the ship sustained serious damage, plus she was twice hunted by German submarines, but she was eventually able to make it to Rosyth for repairs. Battle honours [ edit] Cadiz 1596 Orfordness 1666 Sole Bay 1672 Schooneveld 1673 Texel 1673 Barfleur 1692 VALIANT. HTML tags are not allowed. Had posted this querie in my local Fife forum (within this website) and got help finding his file - great! Us that the great assault was at last to take place and . At Rosyth, Warspite's 6-inch guns were removed and plated in, and a concrete caisson covered the hole left by the German missile. [83] Although the Italians had surrendered, the Germans had anticipated this and moved forces into position to block the Allied landings. WW2 1943 4 Original Photos VPB-92 Purple Heart DFC Medals for Crew PBY Sub Sunk. Although there were proposals to retain her as a museum ship, the Admiralty approved Warspite's scrapping in July 1946 and she sailed from Spithead into Portsmouth to have her guns removed. 26 . Between 1924 and 1926, she was modernized, receiving an array of small caliber guns among other changes. [30] In 1924, she attended a Royal Fleet Review at Spithead, presided over by King George V.[30] Later in the year, Warspite underwent a partial modernisation that altered her superstructure by trunking her two funnels into one, enhanced her armour protection with torpedo bulges, swapped the high-angle 3-inch guns with new 4-inch anti-aircraft guns, and removed half her torpedo tubes. Warspite and a British destroyer during Second Battle of Narvik, 13 Apr 1940. Original framed ww2 picture - HMS Warspite February 1944. On Sat July 29th, 1950, the salvage firm had a success; they floated the ship and began to tow her away from Prussia Cove. [26], Upon the completion of her repairs, Warspite rejoined the 5th Battle Squadron. Repaired throughout the First World War after various additional incidents, it was engaged in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean during the Interwar period. Later refloating herself she went hard aground a few yards away in Prussia Cove. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Draught: 9,4 m. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. One was mounted above the conning tower, protected by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod mast. At 1200 hours, HMS Greyhound was sunk (76 killed) and HMS Warspite was damaged (43 killed). The ship bombarded German positions during the Normandy landings and on Walcheren Island in 1944, despite not being fully repaired. Many do not survive at all whilst significant proportions of those that do survive are held . The British Royal Navy battleships HMS Warspite and HMS Valiant bombarded Reggio Calabria at the southern tip of Italy, eliminating a six gun battery. At the Battle of Matapan on 28 Mar 1941, battleships Barham, Valiant, and Warspite and other ships sank three Italian cruisers and two destroyers. [40] At the end of one anti-aircraft exercise, a junior midshipman independently discharged his pom-pom gun after a towing aircraft flew low overhead to display its attached target to the crew. In the aftermath of the Battle of Normandy, HMS Warspite supported allied land forces from 9 to 11 June, operating for the benefit of the Americans before cruising off Gold Beach to support the British. The remainder of Warspite's cruise was uneventful. Crew List With Additional Information. Anxious to ensure that the Germans did not acquire an additional 200 warships, the Allies insisted that the Regia Marina must sail for Allied ports. 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. Their efforts to end the circular motion placed her on a course which took her towards the German fleet. ON 10 Sep, she was among the British ships escorting the surrendering ships of the Italian Navy to Malta. She was towed to Gibraltar for temporary repairs and then fully repaired at Rosyth in March 1944. In company with the monitor Erebus, she carried out a preparatory bombardment of targets around Le Havre prior to Operation Astonia on 10 September, leading to the capture of the town two days later. ww2dbaseWarspite 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. 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. Hi Ady thanks for the help. All were sunk during the action. She was powered by two sets of Parsons steam turbines, each driving two shafts using steam from 24 Yarrow boilers. [1]:6. She then grounded and lay fore and aft across a deep channel and completely broke her back. QUEEN ELIZABETH-Class battleship ordered from Fairfield, Govan Glasgow after approval of design in June 1912. [57] As a result of this attack, Warspite and Valiant were able to bombard the Italian supply base in the Adriatic port of Vlor in mid-December. + 2.75 Postage. She received 15 hits from German capital ships. Home. The fleet consisted of battleship HMS Warspite, battleship HMS Valiant, battleship HMS Malaya, battleship HMS Ramillies, aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, 12 cruisers, 16 destroyers, and 6 submarines; they escorted four British transport ships. Memorial to the Warspite at Marazion, Cornwall. Again, these bundles have been left in the order they were received and the order reflected by labels on their original wrapping. [102], A memorial stone was placed near the sea wall at Marazion and later moved a short distance. 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