Catalogue description Records of the HMS Warspite project. Renovated from 1934 to 1937, the Warspite became the flagship of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. [72] A 500lb bomb damaged her starboard 4-inch and 6-inch batteries,[73] ripped open the ship's side and killed 38 men. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. Following the Washington Naval Treaty prohibiting construction of new capital ships she received a complete modernisation between 1934 and 1937, being completely rebuilt from interior to exterior. She returned to active duty in 1937, once again as the flagship in the Mediterranean. [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. 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. . 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. I have a photo of him and his hat has HMS Warspite on it. [97], On 19 April 1947, Warspite departed Portsmouth for scrapping at Faslane, on the River Clyde. The ship was laid down on 31st October 1912 and launched on 26th November 1913. [53] The two fleets eventually met 30 miles from Punta Stilo at the Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940. [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. [83] On 12 June, she returned to Portsmouth to rearm, but her guns were worn out so she was ordered to sail to Rosyth via the Straits of Dover, the first British battleship to have done so since the war began. [1]:6. This record is held by Walsall Archives See contact details Have you found an error with this catalogue description? She participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. Casualties were minor at 9 killed and 14 wounded, but the ship was crippled as one of them pierced the hull. 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. Launched in 1913, the battleship HMS Warspite saw extensive service during both world wars. Original framed ww2 picture - HMS Queen Elizabeth (1914) 1944 . 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. In 1916 it was engaged at the battle of Jutland in the 5th Fighter Wing, during which it received fifteen shots at the goal. [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. 28/09/44-01/05/46 HMS Pembroke/HMS Marlborough. This required maximum offensive power and a speed several knots faster than any other battleship to allow them to defeat any type of ship. Her ship's wheel was given by King George VI to King Haakon VII of Norway in 1947, who later gave it to the City of Narvik. 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. HMS Valiant (M aritime Quest, click to enlarge) return to Contents List. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. [43] In June 1939, Vice Admiral Andrew Cunningham replaced Dudley Pound and took Warspite to Istanbul for talks with the Turkish government. [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. 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. It was towed to Gibraltar before finalizing the repairs to Rosyth in Great Britain in March 1944. [83] Although the Italians had surrendered, the Germans had anticipated this and moved forces into position to block the Allied landings. One of her boiler rooms and the X turret could not be repaired, remaining out of action for the remainder of her career. Is there anyway of finding a crew list to find him mentioned. British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Warspite shelled Italian defensive positions at Vlor, Albania overnight in support of Greek advances. WARSPITE Crew List With Additional Information Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project Share by: to help with the costs of keeping the site running. She continued bombardment duties on 7 June, but after firing over 300 shells she had to rearm and crossed the Channel to Portsmouth. Over 125 aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica attacked the ships over the next three hours but caused no damage. She was the sixth RN warship to bear this name which was introduced in 1759 for a . HMS Warspite (S103) was a Valiant -class nuclear-powered submarine launched in 1965 and decommissioned in 1991. One Italian bomber was shot down by a Sea Gladiator carrier biplane fighter from HMS Eagle. She returned to Salerno on 15 Sep to continue the naval bombardment aimed to assist the Allied ground forces ashore. [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. [74] The attack was carried out by Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77Fighter Wing 77). Length: 194,89 m 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. They succeeded in correcting the problem, but the ship would be plagued with steering irregularities for the rest of her naval career. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. 24. The resolve of the Italian Government had already been wavering by the time of the Allies victory in North Africa; the invasion of Sicily and aerial attacks on mainland Italy encouraged negotiations. HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by Meanwhile, off Trondheim, Norwegian cruiser-minelayer Frya was damaged by German warships while defending the Agdenes fortress; German submarine U-34 scuttled Frya to prevent salvage. On March 27, 1941, it took part in the battle of Cape Matapan and engaged several Italian buildings which were severely hit and destroyed. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. He and 18 naval ratings killed in action were committed to the deep at 20.00 hours (Latitude 35 degrees 50', Longitude 22 degrees 17'). She was damaged by German aircraft during the Battle of Crete in mid-1941 and required six months of repairs in the United States. [10] Warspite joined the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet following a number of acceptance trials,[11] including gunnery trials, which saw Churchill present when she fired her 15-inch (381mm) guns. [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. The futility of the mission and the exposure of his battleships led to a tense exchange of letters between Cunningham and Churchill. She received 15 hits from German capital ships. During the day, additional Ju 52 aircraft brought two more battalions of troops to Maleme. Crew from HMS Valiant came in first, HMS Barham second and HMS Resolution third. In the Mediterranean Sea, Italian bombers attacked British battleship HMS Warspite and cruiser HMS Liverpool between 0850 and 1150 hours. April, but these proved ineffectual and she returned to Scapa Flow prior to being redeployed to the Mediterranean on 28 April. Dennis Spencer. 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.] Decommissioned in 1945, Warspite ran aground under tow to be scrapped in 1947 on rocks near Prussia Cove, Cornwall, and was eventually broken up nearby. Three days later, Warspite met and led elements of the Italian Fleet, including Vittorio Veneto and Italia, into internment at Malta. The Japanese believed that she was still in Sydney and ordered the attack on Sydney Harbour. HMS Warspite is the third planned Dreadnought -class ballistic missile submarine. In Jun 1939, Vice Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham came abroad as the new commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. H.St.L. She repeated this process on 12 September for her opponent from the Battle of Calabria, Giulio Cesare. 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. Bad luck with collisions and other incidents kept her more so in the shipyards than in battles. [29] Captain Hubert Lynes relieved Captain de Bartolome and on 21 November he took Warspite out to escort the German High Seas Fleet into internment at Scapa Flow following the signing of the Armistice. On closer inspection these dates do overlap but this original order has been maintained. 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. Shortly after, HMS Gloucester (722 killed) and HMS Fiji (257 killed) were also sunk. We are now on Facebook. During this time the diver - Mr Jim Craig - was repairing and sealing where necessary. Home. We hope that visitor conversations at WW2DB will be constructive and thought-provoking. If you have any unwanted Gebirsgger Division troops repulsed the attack. 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. [70], During the Battle of Crete, Warspite was used as a floating anti-aircraft battery and[71] like many other ships, suffered severe damage from German air attacks on 22 May. The shells landed harmlessly at a gunnery range where a platoon of the Green Howards was exercising. When she left the shipyard on the Pacific coast, it was decided that she would join the British Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean to counter the new enemy power, Japan. 7th Deployed with HM Battleships WARSPITE, MALAYA, ROYAL SOVEREIGN, HMS EAGLE, HM Cruisers NEPTUNE, GLOUCESTER , ORION and SYDNEY screened by HM Destroyers DAINTY, DEFENDER, HASTY, HOSTILE, HYPERION, ILEX, IMPERIAL, JUNO, VAMPIRE (RAN) and VOYAGER (RAN) as Force A to provide Distant Cover for passage of Convoys MF1 and MS1 in a repeat of L. de Villiers, RN) had left Gibraltar on 31 August 1939 for Freetown. ww2dbaseIn Jun 1943, Warspite once again returned to the Mediterranean and joined Force H at Gibraltar. 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. Within each group were bundles of documents. Samuel died from an accidental explosion on board HMS Warspite, Able Sea. Apparently he was known as Geordie. At 5:30 AM the whole bombardment fleet . 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. 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. 2. Sponsored. 124.73 + 14.97 Postage. Her superstructure was radically altered, allowing an aircraft hangar to be fitted, and changes were also made to her armament and propulsion systems. This refit gave the Admiralty a virtually new warship, replacing internal machinery and significantly changing the battleship's appearance and capabilities. May 1953 saw the forward end begin coming away at the fracture. 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. In storm force conditions, Warspite dropped one of her anchors in Mount's Bay, which did not hold, and the storm drove her onto Mount Mopus Ledge near Cudden Point. HMS Warspite " The Old Lady". After repairs, she joined the rest of the 5th Battle Squadron and participated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Italian cruiser Fiume, cruiser Zara, destroyer Alfieri, and destroyer Carducci were sunk, while destroyer Oriani was heavily damaged. Repaired throughout the First World War after various additional incidents, it was engaged in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean during the Interwar period. British battleships HMS Barham, HMS Valiant, and HMS Warspite continued to shell the Italian fleet off Cape Matapan, Greece. Four cruisers and four destroyers also departed from Piraeus, Greece, launching spotter planes to search for the Italian fleet, locating it at noon. [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. Battle honours [ edit] Cadiz 1596 Orfordness 1666 Sole Bay 1672 Schooneveld 1673 Texel 1673 Barfleur 1692 In 1934, she underwent a complete modernization, radically altering her superstructure and adding an aircraft hangar. It was towed to Gibraltar before finalizing the repairs to Rosyth in Great Britain in March 1944. William Jordan Pike HMS Ajax (d.15th Nov 1942). [30] After the process finished in 1926, Warspite assumed the role of flagship of the Commander-in-Chief and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet. At 1936 hours, HMS Formidable's aircraft returned, joined by land-based aircraft from Crete, Greece, putting cruiser Pola out of action, but failed to catch Vittorio Veneto as she had received temporary repairs and was already en route back to Taranto, Italy. Memorial to the Warspite at Marazion, Cornwall. At 2100 hours, when the Commander-in-Chief was in position . [33] In March 1933, she was rammed in fog by a Romanian passenger ship off Portugal, but did not require major repairs. Subsequent air attacks damaged the battleship and the cruiser Pola, slowing the former and crippling the latter. 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. George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite, Cmmd.Boatswain. One was mounted above the conning tower, protected by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod mast. [8], Warspite, the sixth warship of the Royal Navy to carry the name, was laid down on 21 October 1912 at Devonport Royal Dockyard, launched on 26 November 1913, and completed in April 1915[9] under the command of Captain Edward Phillpotts. In mid-August, she set out to bombard Bardia and on 6 November she sailed from Alexandria to provide cover for the Battle of Taranto, a torpedo-bomber attack on ships in Taranto harbour. She was badly damaged by German radio-controlled glider bombs during the landings at Salerno and spent most of the next year under repair. [108], This Warspite earned 15 of the 25 battle honours awarded to Royal Navy ships of this name.[109]. ON 10 Sep, she was among the British ships escorting the surrendering ships of the Italian Navy to Malta. One hit might have been obtained on a 8" cruiser. Cunningham hoped to draw the Regia Marina into battle by sailing towards the "toe" of Italy to cut them off from their base at Taranto. In the subsequent months she was damaged twice, first running aground in the Forth then colided with battleship Barham. Uncertain how severe the damage was, Campioni ordered his battleships to turn away in the face of superior British numbers and they disengaged behind a smoke screen laid by Italian destroyers. [78] Warspite was still at the shipyard when the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor and went on alert as she would have been one of the few ships in the harbour which could have provided anti-aircraft defence should the Japanese have struck east. As the light faded the Grand Fleet crossed ahead of the German battle line and opened fire, forcing the High Seas Fleet to retreat and allowing Warspite to slip away. Albert Edward Harding HMS Warspite (d.22nd May 1941). The Warspite was damaged during the Battle of Crete during a German air attack. 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. The turbines were rated at 75,000 shaft horsepower (56,000kW) and intended to reach a maximum speed of 25 knots (46.3km/h; 28.8mph). Further misfortune struck soon afterwards, when she collided with Valiant after a night-shooting exercise, necessitating more repair work at Rosyth. 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, Crew List With Additional Information. 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. [100][101] According to the contractors, it remains the largest salvage operation ever carried out in British waters. She returned to Malta at high speed on 18 July, avoiding several air attacks during the night. [83] Warspite returned to Britain in March 1944 to continue her repairs at Rosyth. Cmmd.Boatswain. 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. THE NAVY LIST - HMS WARSPITE. She was towed to Gibraltar for temporary repairs and then fully repaired at Rosyth in March 1944. 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. 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']. 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. Their efforts to end the circular motion placed her on a course which took her towards the German fleet. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) Warspite 45. [18] Captain Phillpotts decided to maintain course, in effect circling, rather than come to a halt and reverse. The battleship 03 H.M.S. [63] Pola was also sunk once her crew had been taken off. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Mar. HTML tags are not allowed. On Sat July 29th, 1950, the salvage firm had a success; they floated the ship and began to tow her away from Prussia Cove. Records of HMS Warspite from other sources. 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