#hms warspite

[ltwilliammowett]

Petty Officer of HMS Warspite asleep with the ship's kitten in its hammock, 1944

[theworldatwar]

A British Supermarine Walrus seaplane takes off from the deck of HMS Warspite as it heads out on a U-boat patrol just off the coast of the Seychelles - date unknown. A British aircraft carrier can be seen in the background

[arachnestwilight]

draw warspite azur lane pretty please? love your queen elizabeth redesign so now i hope i can see something for warspite

I'm really glad you liked the Queen Elizabeth redesign!! I don't have a redesign for Warspite (yet), so here's a regular corgi with her retrofit design's sword! :V

[lonestarbattleship]

Regarding that one post about Warspite, I remember hearing something about Warspite’s steering gear being replaced at some point, is that not the case?

She took a direct hit by a German shell to her port side steer during the battle of Jutland. While it was repaired, something like that can never be fully repaired. Plus, it didn't help that a mine exploded near her rudder later on.

But I believe the biggest damage that she took and nearly sent her to a watery grave, was a direct hit by a Fritz X missile and another that missed and exploded under her hull. For those who don't know, the Fritz X was an early guided anti-ship glide bomb developed by the Germans.

"This bomb caused damage to X engine room and shock put X turret out of action. It also opened a gash in her anti torpedo bulge.

The direct hit penetrated six decks, wrecked a boiler room, and exploded in the double bottom of the ship. Four of the five boiler rooms were flooded out and all steam power was lost. Some 5000 cubic meters of sea water flooded the ship (5000 tonnes). Shock damage had put all radars out of action as well as all wireless communication. Steering was jammed. Unable to move on her own, she was taken in tow, eventually reaching Malta.

Warspite was eventually patched up and returned to GB for further repairs. The destroyed boiler room and X Turret could not be repaired and remained out of action for the rest of her career."

Side note: As much as the naval fans wish she had been saved, she was not in any shape to be a museum ship.

Thanks for the ask.

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[the-delta-42]

I #modified my #eagle /#eaglewall 1/1200 #hmswarspite #battleship into a convertible waterline/full hull model #modelship #worldwar1 #worldwari #ww1 #wwi #worldwar2 #worldwarII #ww2 #wwii

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[all-action-all-picture]

Battle Modern Master Plan No. 8 - H.M.S. Valiant. Entered service with the Royal Navy in 1966 and was decommissioned in 1994. It was one of two subs in the Valiant class with Warspite being the second.

Is it a ship or a boat? In the Royal Navy a submarine is known as a boat. I've heard and read a number of explanations for this (many of which sound reasonable). Probably best just to leave it that its a historical term that has just stuck with it.

From Battle Picture Weekly No. 65 cover dated 29 May 1976. Treasury of British Comics.

[mary-queen-of-longbeach]

I just realized I forgot to post the full picture lmao

Anyway, meet HMS Warspite! She’s stubborn, valiant, and utterly fearless in combat, but she views fighting as nothing more than a chore and would really rather have some peace and quiet. All she wants is to be left alone to spend time with her cat, Stripey, but she’ll still stand and defend those she loves should the need arise.

A khukuri, but make it also a gun

[ltwilliammowett]

1930 British Naval Cutlass Drill performed by Naval Cadets onboard TS Warspite (ex HMS Arethusa) - Grays -Essex - England, UK

So

[arachnestwilight]

Playing with a few ideas for a Warspite redesign.

[elbiotipo]

One thing that it's not actually stupid about Star Wars is the ship names. The British Empire had ship names like "HMS Destruction" "HMS Lucifer", "HMS Warspite" and of course the good old "HMS Terror". As well as other arrogant names like "HMS Invincible". With that, a spaceship named "Executor", "Malevolence" or "Death Star" doesn't sound that strange.

They were the original evil empire after all.

[alamuts-lair-of-madness]

Best Corgi and the One True Queen of Britain!

Megami Magazine June 2023 Issue (#277) - Azur Lane: Queen's Orders

[the-delta-42]

#eagle / #eaglewall 1/1200 #royalnavy #battleship #hmswarspite from #ww1 #wwi #ww2 #wwii #worldwar1 #worldwar2 #worldwari #worldwarII #modelship #modelbuilding #eaglemodel #eaglewallmodel

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[pinturas-sgm-aviacion]

1940 Malta Savoia Marchetti SM79 - Mark Postlethwaite

During the morning on 17 August, the Mediterranean Fleet was out for a raid in support of the Army. The battleships HMS Warspite, HMS Ramilles and HMS Malaya, supported by the cruiser HMS Kent and three flotillas of destroyers bombarded Bardia harbour and Fort Capuzzo, starting at 06:45 and continuing for 22 minutes. As the vessels headed back towards Alexandria a series of bombing attacks were launched against them by the Regia Aeronautica.The RAF and the FAA provided escort for the fleet. HMS Eagle's Fighter Flight of three Sea Gladiators had been flown to Sidi Barrani airfield in Libya, and from here patrolled over the Fleet. 'B' and 'C' Flights of 80 Squadron provided air support with flights of four Gladiators over the ships from dawn to dusk. ‘A’ Flight of 112 Squadron was positioned at Z Landing Ground (Matruh West) while ‘C’ Flight of 112 Squadron was based at Y LG about 18 kilometres further west and they also took part in the covering missions.The attacks on the Royal Navy began when, at 10:40 five SM 79s were seen at 12,000 feet, heading in from the north-east. Over the fleet there were, on standing patrol, at least the Gladiators of ‘A’ Flight 112 Squadron (probably six of them), the three Sea Gladiators of HMS Eagle’s Fighter Flight and a single Hurricane from ‘A’ Flight 80 Squadron flown by Flying Officer John Lapsley (P2641). They intercepted the Italian bombers and altogether claimed six of them (…)

John Lapsley told a newspaper about this combat:“I arrived just as five S 79’s had dropped their bombs, all well astern of the fleet, and were making off. One immediately went down in flames – evidently hit by anti-aircraft fire from the battleships. I picked on the leader and gave him about eight short bursts. He fell away, obviously in difficulties. Actually he landed his aircraft in our lines – there were six hundred bullet holes in it [probably ’56-9’ flown by Tenente Lauchard of the 56a Squadriglia].Then I picked on another and had just got a second burst into him he went up in flames. I was about one hundred yards away and the planes were much too close for comfort so I swerved away just as the crew of the S 79 ‘baled out’.The third remaining S 79 by this time was quite close to the coast and he was diving like mad for a cloud. I gave him three or four long bursts, and with one engine smoking he disappeared. I think he went into ‘the drink’.These Italian aircraft seem to be built of ply-wood. At any rate you have to dodge the pieces that come flying back at you when you fire your guns.There didn’t seem to be much more doing, so I came home. Even then I had some ammunition left.(…

) The third to be shot down was ’56-9’ flown by Tenente Arturo Lauchard of the 56a Squadriglia, which was seriously damaged. With all the crew dead inside the second pilot Tenente Vittorio Cèard (Lauchard was wounded) made a forced landing on a beach. The beach was in Egyptian territory and the two pilots were taken prisoners. The plane of Lauchard was later recovered and, taken to Alexandria, was exposed as a war prize on Ismailia Square. Lauchard left a realistic narration of his capture where he told that he was transported to the airport of Sidi Barrani where he was taken to the Officer’s Mess where an Intelligence Officer examined him. Lauchard told him only his name and rank and the amused British Officer showed him a chart where all the units of Regia Aeronautica were recorded with airbase, number of planes and names of the crew chiefs. There his name already was, written on a tag that the Intelligence Officer removed. Later the RAF officers offered a drink to him and he met a young Flight Lieutenant that around ten days before had been shot down by Italian fighters and obliged to bale out. The British pilot told Lauchard that while descending in his parachute an Italian fighter pointed on him but instead of opening fire he passed near him weaving with his arm. It seems that the pilot was almost surely Flight Lieutenant 'Pat' Pattle.

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[captain-price-unofficially]

HMS Warspite, in Royal Navy tradition, aground off Prussia Cove, Cornwall, England. 1947

[usafphantom2]

Albacore aircraft of No. 820 Squadron FAA having just taken off from HMS Formidable in the Indian Ocean, 29 May 1942; photo taken from HMS Warspite

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[icedfairy]

During the battle of Cape Matapan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8I2HavEEPE HMS Formidable approached the stalled Italian destroyers in the battle line.  It seems her deck gunners fired several salvos before Warspite realized she was there, and told her to stop fooling around and pull out of line.

A commission that little factoid has had in my mind for some time put together by the fine https://twitter.com/OrangeDactyl