HMS
Warspite naval prints. Naval art gallery of HMS Warspite,
featuring the complete collection of naval art prints of HMS Warspite by
artist Ivan Berryman.
HMS WARSPITE was built at
Devonport, Plymouth and
launched 26th November 1913, Took part in the Battle of Jutland.
and
sustained 15hits and was close to foundering. at the battle of Narvik in
April 1940 HMS Warspite to part in the Battle of cape Matapan and in May
1941 took part in the battle of Crete, where is sustained damage by a
heavy bomb hit. on the 16th September during the Landings at Salerno,
she was hit by a German Glider bomb, she was towed to Gibraltar for
temporary repairs and fully repaired at Rosyth in March 1944. In June
1944 she was deployed at Normandy with only three functioning main
Turrets, she also took part in the bombardment of Brest, Le Havre and
Walcheren. She was sold for Scrap in early 1947, and during the voyage
to the Breakers she ran aground at Mounts Bay, and was broken up in situ
over the following five years.
Displacement:
29,700 Speed: 23.0 knots Compliment:
950 and up to 1,220 in 1918
Armament:
Eight 15-inch guns in pairs and fourteen 6 -inch guns. Two 3 inch Anti Aircraft Guns
in 1917, two 4-inch anti aircraft guns.
