[94] She evaded German coastal batteries, partly due to effective radar jamming, but hit a mine 28 miles off Harwich early on 13 June. He died 2nd of August 1943 aged 23 years. 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. site is two fold. 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. She had a normal displacement of 32,590 long tons (33,110t) and displaced 33,260 long tons (33,794t) at deep load. WARSPITE CREW PHOTOGRAPHS If you would like to add a photograph please email info @ jutlandcrewlists.org (remove spaces). [19], The crew regained control of Warspite after two full circles. [83] Although the Italians had surrendered, the Germans had anticipated this and moved forces into position to block the Allied landings. On 16 Sep, she was attacked by a squadron of German aircraft and struck by three FX-1400 guided bombs. A storm in April 1947 sank it in Mount Bay and, despite multiple efforts to refloat it, its wreck remained there until 1950. WW2 1943 4 Original Photos VPB-92 Purple Heart DFC Medals for Crew PBY Sub Sunk. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events, All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated. This richly illustrated book chronologically describes the course of Operation Overlord through 357 specific events. [100][101] According to the contractors, it remains the largest salvage operation ever carried out in British waters. In Jun 1939, Vice Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham came abroad as the new commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Fleet. [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. Her crew numbered 1,025 officers and ratings in 1915 and 1,220 in 1920. In the Mediterranean Sea, Italian bombers attacked British battleship HMS Warspite and cruiser HMS Liverpool between 0850 and 1150 hours. Records of HMS Warspite from other sources. Tous droits rservs, Index of Allied warships during Operation Neptune. 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 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. 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. [34], Between March 1934 and March 1937, she underwent a major reconstruction in Portsmouth at a cost of 2,363,000. She made it back to Scapa Flow and from there to Devonport for more repair work, rejoining the fleet on Christmas Eve 1915. The ship had a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,260km; 5,754mi) at a cruising speed of 12 knots (22.2km/h; 13.8mph). WARSPITE Crew List With Additional Information Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project Share by: 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. [46], In April 1940, Warspite had started her voyage back to the Mediterranean when the Germans invaded Denmark and Norway; she rejoined the Home Fleet on 10 April and proceeded towards Narvik. [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. Four cruisers and four destroyers also departed from Piraeus, Greece, launching spotter planes to search for the Italian fleet, locating it at noon. Launched in 1913, the battleship HMS Warspite saw extensive service during both world wars. 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. [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. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in September 1943, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1947, naval arms race between Britain and Germany, "Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2", "HMS Warspite in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Wartime Memories Project -", Troels W. 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About our Battle honours [ edit] Cadiz 1596 Orfordness 1666 Sole Bay 1672 Schooneveld 1673 Texel 1673 Barfleur 1692 Captain Packer was mentioned in despatches for his actions bringing the ship to Malta,[92] the second time he had limped into port on board a heavily damaged Warspite. [10] In early December, Warspite was involved in another incident when, during an exercise, she collided with her sister ship Barham, which caused considerable damage to Warspite's bow. 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. 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. [1]:6. Accompanied by sister ships Barham and Valiant at the Battle of Cape Matapan on 28 March 1941, they sank two Italian heavy cruisers in a notable night time engagement. Killed fourteen personnel on board and made sixteen injured: it was so damaged that his crew temporarily lost control. 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']. At 0530 hours, the British artillery barrage began, hitting Italian defensive positions at Bardia, Libya. The latest HMS Warspite was the third of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the second (and final) of the Valiant class. [13], Following the German raid on Lowestoft in April 1916, Warspite and the 5th Battle Squadron were temporarily assigned to Vice-Admiral David Beatty's Battlecruiser Force. All comment submissions will become the property of WW2DB. In April of 1940 HMS Warspite took part in the Second Battle of Navarik and her reconnaissance aircraft bombed and sank German submarine U-64. Warspite was decommissioned from service. Samuel Hopkins served with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Warspite in WW2. Jutland Memorial. 1. All were sunk during the action. [30] After the process finished in 1926, Warspite assumed the role of flagship of the Commander-in-Chief and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. (d.23rd May 1941). 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. The ship was laid down on 31st October 1912 and launched on 26th November 1913. Samuel died from an accidental explosion on board HMS Warspite, Able Sea. [28], In 1919, Warspite joined the 2nd Battle Squadron, part of the newly formed Atlantic Fleet, and undertook regular spring cruises to the Mediterranean. 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. One of her 15-inch tompions and her chapel door are held by the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Within each group were bundles of documents. [85], She underwent a short refit in May in another attempt to fix her steering problem, then joined Force H at Scapa Flow, departing on 9 June for Gibraltar in company with five other battleships, two carriers and twelve destroyers. [1]:10 Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. ON 10 Sep, she was among the British ships escorting the surrendering ships of the Italian Navy to Malta. The ground forces would penetrate 2 miles into the Italian lines. [5], Warspite was completed with two fire-control directors fitted with 15-foot (4.6m) rangefinders. This refit gave the Admiralty a virtually new warship, replacing internal machinery and significantly changing the battleship's appearance and capabilities. Original framed ww2 picture - HMS Rodney May 1944. Casualties were minor at 9 killed and 14 wounded, but the ship was crippled as one of them pierced the hull. Italian cruiser Fiume, cruiser Zara, destroyer Alfieri, and destroyer Carducci were sunk, while destroyer Oriani was heavily damaged. [37] These delays and the work required to rectify them also affected the crew's leave arrangements and led to some sailors airing their views in national newspapers, angering Pound. The ships had multiple armoured decks that ranged from 1 to 3 inches (25 to 76mm) in thickness. 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. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Warspite shelled Italian defensive positions at Vlor, Albania overnight in support of Greek advances. [21] Rather than continue, Warspite was stopped for ten minutes so the crew could make repairs. During this period The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd had recovered approx 5,000 tons of steel and 200 tons of non-ferrous metal. [33] In March 1933, she was rammed in fog by a Romanian passenger ship off Portugal, but did not require major repairs. 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. 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. The Captain spoke to the ships company telling. Warspite underway in the Indian Ocean, 16 July 1942. The Japanese believed that she was still in Sydney and ordered the attack on Sydney Harbour. ww2dbaseBetween Aug and Dec 1941, Warspite received repairs at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the United States. When the contract with the salvage firm expired, they withdrew their machinery and equipment, effectively meaning The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd had to start from scratch, building up a salvage crew and acquiring the necessary equipment. 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. Records of HMS Warspite from other sources. He was killed in action during the Battle of Crete at 13.32 hours on Thursday, 22nd of May 1941 by a bomb from an Me 109 while serving on the starboard 6" gun battery. Her superstructure was radically altered, allowing an aircraft hangar to be fitted, and changes were also made to her armament and propulsion systems. The Kriegsmarine had its back broken in this campaign as almost half its destroyer strength had been destroyed by the Royal Navy. She remained in Norwegian waters, participating in several shore bombardments around Narvik on 24 Further attempts were made to refloat, but it was found impossible to lift the ship again in one piece. ww2dbaseDespite pleas to convert her into a museum ship, Warspite was sold for scrap in 1947. May 1953 saw the forward end begin coming away at the fracture. [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. 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)]. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. When received these records were divided into two groups - those prior to 1952 and those post 1952. Warspite returned home in mid-1943 to conduct naval gunfire support as part of Force H during the Italian campaign. 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. On the way back to Rosyth, she set off a magnetic mine, causing heavy damage, but was able to return without further incidents. Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project. However, time had taken its toll and more modern ships were required to continue the war in the Far East. [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. [27] He was replaced by Captain de Bartolome in December 1916. JCL-Website-Valiant : Valiant Crew List. Somerville's fleet was outnumbered and outclassed but he hoped to get close enough to launch a night-time torpedo bomber attack. In 1934, she underwent a complete modernization, radically altering her superstructure and adding an aircraft hangar. October 1, 1926: HMS Warspite firing the finishing gun at the Stokers Cutter race during the Fleet Regatta at Volo, Greece. The British Royal Navy battleships HMS Warspite and HMS Valiant bombarded Reggio Calabria at the southern tip of Italy, eliminating a six gun battery. 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. Warspite took part in 15 major engagements, from Jutland in World War 1 to 14 actions in World War 2. 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. C. Peter Chen of Lava Development, LLC. After 1861 only a sample of crew lists and agreements and log books are held at The National Archives. THE NAVY LIST - HMS WARSPITE. Warspite Class: Queen Elizabeth-class battleship Crew: 1,220 sailors 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 Speed: 23 knots Length: 194,89 m Beaum: 27,58 m Draught: 9,4 m Oberleutnant Kurt Ubben, a future flying ace with 110 enemy aircraft shot down, claimed a hit on the warship. Courage, RN), HMS Hyperion (Cdr. [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. Like this page to receive our updates. One of her boiler rooms and the X turret could not be repaired, remaining out of action for the remainder of her career. British ship. However, by August the battleship was finally beached off St Michaels Mount and after further salvage another attempt was made to refloat her in November. Second, it is to showcase The battleship 03 H.M.S. After repairs, she joined the rest of the 5th Battle Squadron and participated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. [104][105] Her nameplate was held by the pub, The Wink, in Lamorna, Cornwall[106] but has since been sold at auction. Unfortunately the hawser fouled the tug's propellers and she went aground again in an exposed position. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. [103] The stone was unveiled by Admiral Sir Charles Madden and prayers were read by a former crew member. All visitor submitted comments are opinions of those making the submissions and do not reflect views of WW2DB. Warspite was launched on November 26, 1913, and entered service on March 8, 1915. [17] When the squadron turned to join the Grand Fleet, the damage from a shell hitting the port-wing engine room caused Warspite's steering to jam as she attempted to avoid her sister ships Valiant and Malaya. At the Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940, she hit the Italian flagship, Guilio Cesare, at the range of 21 kilometers. The Falmouth tug Masterman spent the night on the Hogus Rocks after failing to tow Warspite; and her sister tug Tradesman had 60 feet (18m) of wire wrapped around her propeller when trying to haul Masterman off the rocks. Before dawn, British warships searched for an Axis convoy off the Greek island of Milos; after sunrise, German aircraft spotted the ships, damaging HMS Naiad (6 killed), HMS Calcutta (14 killed), and HMS Kingston (1 killed) at 1000 hours. 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. 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. [44] When war was declared in September, the Mediterranean remained quiet and Warspite was recalled to join the Home Fleet following the loss of HMSRoyal Oak. 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. [86] Assigned to Division 2 with Valiant and Formidable, she returned to Alexandria on 5 July in preparation for Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily. 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. HMS Warspite is the third planned Dreadnought -class ballistic missile submarine. [10] After undergoing repairs for two months at Rosyth and Jarrow, she rejoined the Grand Fleet, this time as part of the new 5th Battle Squadron which had been created for Queen Elizabeth-class ships. HMS Warspite (S103) was a Valiant -class nuclear-powered submarine launched in 1965 and decommissioned in 1991. Australian and New Zealand troops were pulled back from Maleme to Suda Bay to protect the main supply point while regrouping for another counterattack. Each turret was also fitted with a 15-foot rangefinder. Their efforts to end the circular motion placed her on a course which took her towards the German fleet. HMS Malaya was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. HMS Warspite - RN battleships of WW2 Warspite was the second of the class to commission, joining the 5th Battle Squadron with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow. Launched. RMMMR0FD - A commemorative plaque to the crew of HMS Warspite which capsized and sank breaking up on the rocks in mounts bay near Penzance in 1947. Hi Ady thanks for the help. Message Board. 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. [61] Vittorio Veneto escaped to the west as dusk fell but the British pursued through the night, first detecting Pola on radar and then two of her sister ships. VALIANT. Did you enjoy this article or find this article helpful? 7.3 The distribution of the surviving lists. 24. [74] The attack was carried out by Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77Fighter Wing 77). [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. [42] She undertook another cruise of the western Mediterranean in the spring of 1939. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. [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. WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. -. Over 125 aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica attacked the ships over the next three hours but caused no damage. [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. During Operation Neptune, it anchored off Sword Beach and on June 6, 1944, it bombed the Villerville and Mont Canisy batteries, consuming 300x 381 mm shells in forty-eight hours. Renovated from 1934 to 1937, the Warspite became the flagship of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. 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. Comment submissions will become the property of WW2DB surrendered, the British Fleet in the Far East is totally... The stone was unveiled by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham came abroad as the new commander-in-chief of the website is by... To help you her into a Museum ship, Warspite was completed with two directors. 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