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BATTLESHIPS SUBMARINES AIRCRAFT CARRIERS DESTROYERS
CRISIS IN THE GULF
IRAN SEIZES UK OIL TANKER
USS WICHITA
LAUNCHES SIDEWAYS
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PROJECT
PRUFSTAND XII
U-BOATS ARMED WITH V2
ROCKETS?
CPT. DAVID
PENTREATH RN,
CBE, DSO
COMMANDER DURING THE
FALKLANDS WAR, DIES AGED 86
HMS
WARSPITE
SECOND WORLD WAR’S MOST
AWARDED BATTLESHIP
SEPTEMBER 2019
£4.50
FIRST FOR NEWS, NAVAL HISTORY & MUCH, MUCH MORE
HMS
WA
The
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship saw action in both world wars, notably,
taking
part in the Battle of Jutland which was the largest naval battle of the
First
World War.
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Her keel was
laid down on 31
October.
Warspite
was
launched on 26
November.
Commissioning
took place on 8
March.
Took part in the
Battle of Jutland
(31 May-1 June),
while also taking
part in the ‘Action
of 19 August’
when two attempts
were made by the
German High Seas
Fleet to engage the
Royal Navy.
During the
30s
Warspite
underwent a major
modernisation.
Warspite
was
involved in
the Norwegian
Campaign, an Allied
attempt to liberate
Norway from Nazi
Germany.
During the Battle of
Crete,
Warspite
was
badly damaged by
German aircraft fire.
HMS
Warspite
in the
Indian Ocean during
1942.
Damage done to
Warspite
during the
Battle of Jutland in
1916.
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Following repairs,
Warspite
joined the
Eastern Fleet taking
part in operations in
the Indian Ocean.
Once home,
Warspite
was then
able to give support
to the British naval
formation ‘Force H’
during the Italian
campaign when
Allied forces took
part in operations in
and around Italy.
Warspite
was badly
damaged by German
radio-controlled
glider bombs during
the landings at
Salerno.
Warspite
bombed
German positions
during the
Normandy landings,
earning her one of
14 Second World
War battle honours,
the most awarded
battleship for actions
during the war.
Warspite
was
decommissioned.
The battleship ran
aground while under
tow at Prussia Grove,
Cornwall.
An unsuccessful
attempt to re-float
her was made.
Warspite
was finally
dismantled, the
remains of the masts
were set on display
at Prussia Cove
while one section
stands on a point
overlooking the
cove.
Warspite
shelling
German positions at
Catania in July 1943.
SPECIFICATION
Dimensions
Propulsion
Speed/Range
Complement
Length 640ft., Beam 90.6ft., Draught 28.9ft., Surface displacement 33,670 tons.
24x Yarrow oil boilers, 4x Brown-Curtis steam turbine engines producing 144,000shp to 4x shafts.
Speed 24 knots, 28mph., Range 8,599nm, 9,896 miles.
1,300.
8x Mk l 15in main guns.
14x 6in Mk Xll guns.
Firepower
4x 21in torpedo tubes.
2x 3in anti-aircraft cannons.
4x 3pdr salute cannons.
AIR WING
1x Floatplane aircraft.
HMS
Warspite
bombarding
defensive positions of
Normandy, June 1944.
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Welcome to the
World of Warships
Magazine
as we celebrate our
First Anniversary. We have a new
contributor this month, Marc G.
DeSantis who gives us his view on
A Plan Gone Awry – The Anglo-
German Naval Rivalry and Coming
of the First World War.
David Reynolds reports on the
crisis in the Gulf when Iran seized
a UK oil tanker. Another regular
writer Patrick Boniface, discusses the
Alaska-class battle cruisers, while
Allan George tells us of the passing
of Captain David Pentreath. Then
we have a somewhat crazy idea from
Hitler to bomb America with rockets
towed by submarines as Mike
Williams explains and Campbell
McCutcheon carries on his review of
British submarines, this month, it’s
the K-class.
We start another new series this
month with a look at the German
High Seas Fleet and its surrender,
scuttling and salvage at Scapa
Flow.
Other ships this month include,
HMS
Warspite,
USS
Wichita
and
HSwMS
Visby,
plus we have more
excellent paintings by Andy Hay
and Ivan Berryman.
Do get involved with the
magazine by emailing me at
wowm.ed@kelsey.co.uk
The magazine is available
from WH Smith and all good
newsagents or see pages 46-47 for
an enticing subscription offer.
Enjoy the mag.
Charles Waters
Editor
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