Warspite destroyed the heavily damaged Z13 Erich Koellner with broadsides, while damaging Z17 Diether von Roeder and Z12 Erich Giese. 150 miles off Cape Matapan, Greece at 0635 hours, Italian seaplane spotted a group of four Allied cruisers, and three Italian cruisers moved in to attack, engaging in combat at 0812 hours, to be joined by the big guns of Italian battleships at 1055 hours; after the morning's exchange of shellfire, all four Allied cruisers were damaged by near misses. [47] On 13 April, Vice-Admiral William Whitworth hoisted his flag in Warspite and led nine destroyers, three sweeping mines and six in an offensive role, into Ofotfjord to neutralise a force of eight German destroyers trapped near the port of Narvik. [12] In late 1915, Warspite was grounded in the River Forth causing some damage to her hull; she had been led by her escorting destroyers down the small ships channel. She was the sixth RN warship to bear this name which was introduced in 1759 for a . [88], On 14 September, Force H was recalled to the UK to begin preparations for the invasion of France, but Warspite and Valiant were detached to provide support for Allied forces at Salerno. [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. Renovated from 1934 to 1937, the Warspite became the flagship of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. HMS Warspite was built at the Devonport dockyard in Plymouth, launched on the 26th November 1915, and became one of Britain's most decorated ships of the twentieth century. [93] She left Greenock on 2 June 1944 with six 15-inch guns, eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and forty pom poms, joining Bombardment Force D of the Eastern Task Force of the Normandy invasion fleet off Plymouth two days later. In 1918, Warspite had to spend four months being repaired after a boiler room caught fire. ww2dbaseBetween Aug and Dec 1941, Warspite received repairs at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the United States. Crew from HMS Valiant came in first, HMS Barham second and HMS Resolution third. 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. 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. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. 1. In the summer of 1940, Warspite returned to the Mediterranean Sea. [84] She covered the landings at Mahajanga and Tamatave during the Battle of Madagascar an Allied invasion, in September. Messages 1 to 24. 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.] She then grounded and lay fore and aft across a deep channel and completely broke her back. Dad left behind two photograph albums (one is with my son and the other with my nephew) containing scenes of battles, burials at sea and a couple of certificates - one collected the first time he crossed the dateline and the other (from memory) collected as part of the first . [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. Gebirsgger Division troops repulsed the attack. HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. The Queen Elizabeth-class ships were designed to form a fast squadron for the fleet that was intended to operate against the leading ships of the opposing battleline. For inquiries about military records for members of the World War II armed forces, please see our FAQ. Many do not survive at all whilst significant proportions of those that do survive are held . [68] The raid was ineffectual, partly because of poor visibility created by dust from an earlier RAF bombing raid;[69] the fleet returned to Alexandria without damage. [72] A 500lb bomb damaged her starboard 4-inch and 6-inch batteries,[73] ripped open the ship's side and killed 38 men. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. A list of the crew, with their Register Ticket numbers, to be filed for a foreign-going ship on sailing. On Sat July 29th, 1950, the salvage firm had a success; they floated the ship and began to tow her away from Prussia Cove. Between 8 and 9 September, Force H, covering the landings at Salerno, came under fierce German air-attack and narrowly avoided being torpedoed. May 1953 saw the forward end begin coming away at the fracture. Results were unsatisfactory and expenses too high and so The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd directly took over on Jan 25th 1952 [see last letter in file 2 (insurance)]. [5], Warspite was completed with two fire-control directors fitted with 15-foot (4.6m) rangefinders. In order to lighten the ship with the least possible delay it was decided to remover her 21-ton lower armour plates whole, and for this purpose a 25 ton crane was purchased. 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. . At 0600 hours, Australian 6th Division began its assault from the west, clearing anti-tank obstacles for the 23 tanks of the British 7th Royal Tank Regiment that began attacking at 0650 hours. [108], This Warspite earned 15 of the 25 battle honours awarded to Royal Navy ships of this name.[109]. It was finally demolished the same year. Launched in 1913, the battleship HMS Warspite saw extensive service during both world wars. 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. Inline images in messages are the copyright of the respective linked sites. 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 firm previously employed had used 27 four tool compressors, WM had the advantage of being able to use 2 jet compressors, loaned by the Ministry of Supply, and had expert advice from Rolls Royce Ltd. On May 12th 1952, The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd succeeded in lifting HMS Warspite and managed to move her inshore by a quarter of a mile. [22], Warspite was hit fifteen times during the battle,[23] and had 14 killed and 16 wounded; among the latter warrant officer Walter Yeo, who became one of the first men to receive facial reconstruction via plastic surgery. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. HMS Valiant Crew List. 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. Thomas Greenwood HMS Warspite Royal Navy, Gnr. [24] Although she had been extensively damaged, Warspite could still raise steam and was ordered back to Rosyth during the evening of 31 May by Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas, commander of the 5th Battle Squadron. Aided by her compressor and two jet engines from an experimental aircraft the hulk was finally moved 130 feet (40m) closer to shore and by the summer of 1955, on-site scrapping resulted in her disappearance from view. [56] Warspite returned to Alexandria on 13 July. Battle honours [ edit] Cadiz 1596 Orfordness 1666 Sole Bay 1672 Schooneveld 1673 Texel 1673 Barfleur 1692 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. [32] In 1930, Warspite rejoined the Atlantic Fleet. H.F.H. Courage, RN), HMS Hyperion (Cdr. [102], A memorial stone was placed near the sea wall at Marazion and later moved a short distance. Initially, the Allied cruisers, armed with 6-inch guns, were outranged by the 8-inch guns of their heavier Italian counterparts and disengaged. During the day, additional Ju 52 aircraft brought two more battalions of troops to Maleme. 7.3 The distribution of the surviving lists. In 1916 it was engaged at the battle of Jutland in the 5th Fighter Wing, during which it received fifteen shots at the goal. [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. First, it is aiming to offer interesting Albert Edward Harding HMS Warspite (d.22nd May 1941) Albert Harding, Royal Navy, born 24th January 1901 in Wealdstone, Middlesex, took the King's shilling at about the age of 15 and served in the Royal Navy from that time, during WW1. It was towed to Gibraltar before finalizing the repairs to Rosyth in Great Britain in March 1944. [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. Length: 194,89 m 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. It was hit three times by a German plane and accused of the loss of nine killed and fourteen wounded. During the Second World War, Warspite was involved in the Norwegian Campaign in early 1940 and was transferred to the Mediterranean later that year where the ship participated in fleet actions against the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) while also escorting convoys and bombarding Italian troops ashore. C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. L. de Villiers, RN) had left Gibraltar on 31 August 1939 for Freetown. Initially, Warspite was based in Ceylon, forming a fast group with the aircraft carriers Formidable and Indomitable, four cruisers and six destroyers. During Operation Neptune, it anchored off, 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. [103] The stone was unveiled by Admiral Sir Charles Madden and prayers were read by a former crew member. Warspite and a British destroyer during Second Battle of Narvik, 13 Apr 1940. The Warspite was damaged during the Battle of Crete during a German air attack. THE NAVY LIST - HMS WARSPITE. Division One and Two rendezvoused in the Gulf of Sirte on 9 July and covered the assembling convoys. The main armament could be controlled by 'B' turret as well. Jutland Memorial. The ship was laid down on 31st January 1913 and launched on 4th November 19l4. 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. and useful information about WW2. Want to know what life was like during the War? The U-boat fired three torpedoes, all of which missed their target. As soon as the plates were landed on the deck they were cut into quarters and then sent by The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd's own barge to their Penzance Siding Depot to be railed to Sheffield. George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite, Cmmd.Boatswain. The ground forces would penetrate 2 miles into the Italian lines. [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. [89] Overnight, the fleet came under intense air attack, but she was able to continue bombardment duties the next day. [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. To save his cruisers Cunningham ordered an air attack, prompting Iachino to retreat. [48] Her Fairey Swordfish float-plane sank the German U-boat U-64 with 250lb bombs, becoming the first aircraft to sink a U-boat in the war. 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. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by [104][105] Her nameplate was held by the pub, The Wink, in Lamorna, Cornwall[106] but has since been sold at auction. [75] She was able to make it back to port under her own steam, but the damage could not be repaired in Alexandria and it was decided that she would have to be sent to Bremerton on the west coast of the United States. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. H.St.L. Engaged in the Mediterranean Sea, it participated in the Battle of Calabria during which it carried out one of the most important long-distance shots in history by touching the Italian Ciulio Cesare more than 23 kilometers away. The ship was laid down on 31st October 1912 and launched on 26th November 1913. It was hit three times by a German plane and accused of the loss of nine killed and fourteen wounded. [96], During her service career, Warspite had lived up to her motto, enduring shellfire, bombing, ramming, mines and a guided missile. She was badly damaged by German radio-controlled glider bombs during the landings at Salerno and spent most of the next year under repair. On closer inspection these dates do overlap but this original order has been maintained. [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. However, time had taken its toll and more modern ships were required to continue the war in the Far East. Again, these bundles have been left in the order they were received and the order reflected by labels on their original wrapping. She returned to Normandy on 9 June to support American forces at Utah Beach and then, on 11 June, she took up position off Gold Beach to support the British 69th Infantry Brigade near Cristot. 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. Speed: 23 knots Admiral Cunningham took the fleet to sea on 7 July to meet two convoys travelling from Malta to Alexandria, knowing that part of the Italian fleet was escorting its own convoy to Tripoli. Layman, RN), HMS Havock (Lt.Cdr. [37], After completion of the refit, Warspite was recommissioned under the command of Captain Victor Crutchley. [80] She joined the Eastern Fleet at Trincomalee in March 1942. 925-951 . Lava's technical capabilities. HMS Warspite intervened and engaged successively two 8" and two 6" cruisers at long range, which after a few salvos turned away. British battleships HMS Barham, HMS Valiant, and HMS Warspite continued to shell the Italian fleet off Cape Matapan, Greece. The Warspite was damaged during the Battle of Crete during a German air attack. After repairs, she joined the rest of the 5th Battle Squadron and participated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. -. [45], Warspite's first task was to escort convoy HX 9 carrying fuel from Nova Scotia to the UK. Heath, Fredrick Charles - Acting Armourer's Mate On the way, she encountered a severe storm and the hawser of the naval tug Bustler parted, whilst the other tug Metinda III slipped her tow. 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. privacy policy. Later refloating herself she went hard aground a few yards away in Prussia Cove. At 5:30 AM the whole bombardment fleet . Somerville's fleet was outnumbered and outclassed but he hoped to get close enough to launch a night-time torpedo bomber attack. She was soon on the journey to Malta, escorted by the anti-aircraft cruiser Delhi and four destroyers, while being towed by United States Navy tugs. One hit might have been obtained on a 8" cruiser. 45. Warspite carries the most battle honours of any ship in the Royal Navy, with the sixth Warspite being awarded fifteen of them. This refit gave the Admiralty a virtually new warship, replacing internal machinery and significantly changing the battleship's appearance and capabilities. HMS Warspite " The Old Lady". During this period The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd had recovered approx 5,000 tons of steel and 200 tons of non-ferrous metal. The anti-aircraft (AA) armament were composed of two quick-firing (QF) 3-inch (76mm) 20cwt Mk I[Note 1] guns. Researching all Great War soldiers from the Spen Valley of West Yorkshire Especially lads from the Cleckheaton Company of 1/4th West Riding Regiment. [94] She evaded German coastal batteries, partly due to effective radar jamming, but hit a mine 28 miles off Harwich early on 13 June. 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The ships had multiple armoured decks that ranged from 1 to 3 inches (25 to 76mm) in thickness. + 2.75 Postage. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. [27] He was replaced by Captain de Bartolome in December 1916. Retained after World War I, it moved between postings in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Churchill was suitably impressed with their accuracy and power. On January 1, 1945, after good and loyal services, HMS Warspite was placed in reserve and then definitively retired from service. She participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. On March 27, 1941, it took part in the battle of Cape Matapan and engaged several Italian buildings which were severely hit and destroyed. [100][101] According to the contractors, it remains the largest salvage operation ever carried out in British waters. Within each group were bundles of documents. British ship. HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship that served in both world wars, taking part in the battle of Jutland in 1916 and the battle of Matapan in 1941. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? 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. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. hms orion crew listdoes keegan allen have a child 26th February 2023 / in west warwick viewpoint / by / in west warwick viewpoint / by [83] The U.S. VIII Corps eventually captured "Festung Brest" on 19 September, but by then Warspite had moved on to the next port. [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. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. There is no question when the old lady lifts her skirts she can run. Killed fourteen personnel on board and made sixteen injured: it was so damaged that his crew temporarily lost control. All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB. At the Battle of Matapan on 28 Mar 1941, battleships Barham, Valiant, and Warspite and other ships sank three Italian cruisers and two destroyers. Based at Chatham docks where he was acting Boatswain from 1928. Apparently he was known as Geordie. Following a signalling error, the battleships were left trailing Beatty's fast ships during the battlecruiser action, and the 5th Battle Squadron was exposed to heavy fire from the German High Seas Fleet as the force turned away to the north,[15] although Warspite was able to score her first hit on the battlecruiser Von der Tann. The destroyers and cruisers on both sides continued shooting for half an hour but with Malaya and Royal Sovereign coming into range, the Italian fleet disengaged. After repairs, she bombarded Brest, Le Havre, and Walcheren. Admiral Cunningham's Mediterranean Fleet, consisted of battleship HMS Warspite, battlesip HMS Valiant, aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, and 7 destroyers departed Alexandria, Egypt, to meet the Excess convoy. [66] This was not enough and the success of the Afrika Korps in North Africa induced Churchill to order a desperate attack on Tripoli to block the Axis supply route by sinking a battleships in the harbour. She made it back to Scapa Flow and from there to Devonport for more repair work, rejoining the fleet on Christmas Eve 1915. British battleship HMS Warspite hit Italian battleship Giulio Cesare at the range of 24 kilometers, making it one of the longest naval gun hits of the war. [58] On 10 January 1941, Warspite was lightly damaged by a bomb while operating with Force A during Operation Excess. 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. In March, Somerville received intelligence indicating the Japanese Fast Carrier Strike Force was heading towards the Indian Ocean and he relocated his base to Addu Atoll in the Maldives. Albert Edward Harding HMS Warspite (d.22nd May 1941). Four cruisers and four destroyers also departed from Piraeus, Greece, launching spotter planes to search for the Italian fleet, locating it at noon. RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. [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. List of ships with the same or similar names, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Warspite&oldid=1140497126, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 20 February 2023, at 09:44. [21] Rather than continue, Warspite was stopped for ten minutes so the crew could make repairs. [28], In 1919, Warspite joined the 2nd Battle Squadron, part of the newly formed Atlantic Fleet, and undertook regular spring cruises to the Mediterranean. The depth charge and A/S bombs exploded close to Warspite. Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. Warspite took part in 15 major engagements, from Jutland in World War 1 to 14 actions in World War 2. At 1515 hours, 50 miles south of Italy, heavily escorted Italian convoy for Benghazi, Libya ran into an equally powerful British convoy for Malta. Class: Queen Elizabeth-class battleship, Armament (1944): 8x 381 mm guns, 10x 152 mm guns, 4x 102 mm guns, 32x 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 16x 20 mm guns, 16x 12,7 mm machine guns, 4x 533 mm torpedo tubes, Displacement: 33,410 tons [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). During the battle Warspite achieved one of the longest range gunnery hits from a moving ship to a moving target in history, hitting Giulio Cesare at a range of approximately 24km (26,000yd), the other being a shot from Scharnhorst which hit Glorious at approximately the same distance in June 1940. HMS Warspite (S103) was a Valiant -class nuclear-powered submarine launched in 1965 and decommissioned in 1991. 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. The latest HMS Warspite was the third of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the second (and final) of the Valiant class. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. Our The ship bombarded German positions during the Normandy landings and on Walcheren Island in 1944, despite not being fully repaired. The futility of the mission and the exposure of his battleships led to a tense exchange of letters between Cunningham and Churchill. In September 1941, whilst taking part in the landings at Salerno, she was hit by a radio-controlled bomb. 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. The time is 9 PM approx. [64] Having established by aerial reconnaissance that the rest of the Italian fleet had escaped, Warspite returned to Alexandria on 29 March, surviving air attacks without suffering casualties. This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. 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. Although Italian ships withdrew first, Italian aircraft forced the British ships back by 1700 hours. Casualties were minor at 9 killed and 14 wounded, but the ship was crippled as one of them pierced the hull. 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. 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