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Naval Art  Countries Royal Navy Ships  HMS Warspite |
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HMS Ramillies and HMS Warspite at Normandy by Anthony Saunders. HMS Ramillies and Warspite manoeuvre into position off the coast of Normandy. The major battleships of the Home Fleet, with their massive guns which could deliver gunfire with pinpoint accuracy to 17 miles. they proved invaluable on the day of the biggest seaborne land invasion in history. |
HMS Warspite by Ivan Berryman. Popularly known as The Old Lady, Warspite was launched on 26th November 1913 and was still fulfilling a crucial role at the end of World War II. Even after being paid off, she escaped being broken up by going aground at Mounts Bay whilst on tow to the breakers yard. During the two world wars, Warspite accumulated fourteen Battle Honours including Jutland May 1916. She is shown in company with HMS Royal Sovereign in the Mediterranean in May 1940 when she was Fleet Flag. |
Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter by Ivan Berryman. The potential value of aircraft at sea had been proven as early as the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and many experiments were undertaken to provide all significant warships with their own aircraft for spotting and reconnaissance purposes. One solution widely adopted was the fitting of flying-off platforms to the main guns, as demonstrated here, as a Sopwith 1½ strutter is launched from HMS Warspite in 1919. |
HMS Warspite, Shooting from the Hip by Randall Wilson. HMS Warspite is shown in action during the 2nd battle of Narvik, April 1940. |
HMS Warspite by Randall Wilson In 1942 HMS Warspite joined the Eastern Fleet as flagship of Admiral Sir James Somerville, and was based in Ceylon, before returning to the UK in 1943 and joining Force H at Scapa Flow, departing on 9 June for Gibraltar in company with five other battleships, two carriers and twelve destroyers. Cranston Fine Arts have arranged with the artist Randall Wilson to produce a low cost limited edition of 100 prints only. Numbered only, not signed. A canvas edition also available. |
HMS Royal Sovereign and HMS Warspite departing Malta by Ivan Berryman No text for this item |
HMS Barham leads the 5th Battle Squadon at Jutland by Anthony Saunders. The greatest naval battle of the First World War took place on the 31st of May and the 1st of June 1916, near the Danish province of Jutland. It was the first and only sea battle between the British and German fleets, and certainly proved to be the clash of the Titans that the First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, had long planned. Decisive victory was claimed by both sides, but, desperately fought though it was, the outcome was indecisive. The Royal Navy suffered higher losses in both men and ships, but the German fleet never ventured out of harbour to seek battle again. During the daylight fighting HMS Barham, under Rear Admiral Evan-Thomas, lead the 5th Battle Squadron (Valiant, Warspite and Malaya) and is seen here at 4.50pm exchanging with Hippers battle-cruisers to the south. |
HMS Kelly by Robert Taylor. HMS Kelly leaving the Grand Harbour, Malta in 1941 with HMS Warspite in the background. HMS Kellys captain was Lord Mountbatten. |
The Battleship Warspite - Anatomy of the Ship by Ross Watton. The Anatomy of the Ship series provides documentation of individual ships and ship types. The books are illustrated with line drawings, both the conventional type of plan as well as explanatory views, with fully descriptive keys. These are supported by technical details and a record of the ships service history. HMS Warspite was arguably one of the finest capital ship designs of all time. Warspite and her four sister ships of the Queen Elizabeth class were the prototypes of the modern fast battleship, the ultimate development of the Dreadnought type. Warspite had one of the most active and successful fighting careers. Her service spanned two generations from Jutland in 1916, the last great surface engagement between battle fleets, where she received many hits, to the dawn of the missile age (she was badly damaged by a guided bomb in 1943) with battle honours that also included Narvik, Matapan and the D-Day landings. The Old Lady, as she was affectionately known during World War II, was finally approved for breaking up in 1946. |
HMS Warspite  Launched : 26th November 1913 HMS Warspite was built at Devonport, Plymouth and launched 26th November 1913. Warspite took part in the Battle of Jutland sustaining 15 hits and was close to foundering. Warspite was present at the battles of Narvik in April 1940, Cape Matapan and in May 1941 the battle of Crete, sustaining damage by a heavy bomb hit. On 16th September during the landings at Salerno, she was hit by a German glider bomb, and 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, also taking 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. Wrecked under tow to breakers 23rd April 1947. broken up in situ over the following five years. |
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