(d.23rd May 1941). HMS Warspite. HMS Valiant Crew List. [32] In 1930, Warspite rejoined the Atlantic Fleet. Jutland Memorial. In the summer of 1940, Warspite returned to the Mediterranean Sea. May 1953 saw the forward end begin coming away at the fracture. My grandfather James Shackleton Illingworth served aboard HMS Warspite in around 1914-1918 and was stationed at Scapa Flow i believe. [49] The Swordfish continued to provide accurate spotting reports during the early afternoon which were, arguably, more important to the course of the battle than the Warspite's guns. [95], Warspite arrived off Ushant on 25 August 1944 and attacked the coastal batteries at Le Conquet and Pointe Saint-Mathieu during the Battle for Brest. [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. [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. This decision exposed Warspite and made her a tempting target; she was hit multiple times, but inadvertently diverted attention from the armoured cruiser Warrior, which had been critically damaged whilst attacking the leading elements of the German fleet. Towing a ship of Warspite's dimensions proved difficult, and at one stage she broke all tow lines and drifted sideways through the Straits of Messina. [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. RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. She had a normal displacement of 32,590 long tons (33,110t) and displaced 33,260 long tons (33,794t) at deep load. Original framed ww2 picture - HMS Warspite February 1944. In 1934, she underwent a complete modernization, radically altering her superstructure and adding an aircraft hangar. She was towed to Gibraltar for temporary repairs and then fully repaired at Rosyth in March 1944. [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. Gebirsgger Division troops repulsed the attack. [99], In 1950, an attempt to re-float her was tried. Draught: 9,4 m. Share a testimony from a relative or a friend, veteran or civilian, resistance member, ally or German, actor or witness of History. 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. 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. 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. 26 . H.St.L. During this period The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd had recovered approx 5,000 tons of steel and 200 tons of non-ferrous metal. The depth charge and A/S bombs exploded close to Warspite. British battleships HMS Barham, HMS Valiant, and HMS Warspite continued to shell the Italian fleet off Cape Matapan, Greece. [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. George Edward Joseph "Cabby" Harris HMS Warspite, Able Sea Samuel Edward Hopkins HMS Warspite (d.2nd August 1943). [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. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. HMS Valiant (M aritime Quest, click to enlarge) return to Contents List. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. 2. Renovated from 1934 to 1937, the Warspite became the flagship of the British fleet in the Mediterranean. April, but these proved ineffectual and she returned to Scapa Flow prior to being redeployed to the Mediterranean on 28 April. ww2dbaseIn Jun 1943, Warspite once again returned to the Mediterranean and joined Force H at Gibraltar. Further misfortune struck soon afterwards, when she collided with Valiant after a night-shooting exercise, necessitating more repair work at Rosyth. [93] She left Greenock on 2 June 1944 with six 15-inch guns, eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and forty pom poms, joining Bombardment Force D of the Eastern Task Force of the Normandy invasion fleet off Plymouth two days later. 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. HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. British ship. Copyright 2004-2023 Lava Development, LLC., all rights reserved, See all 8 photographs of Battleship Warspite, 24 boilers, 4 direct drive turbines, 4 shafts, 2 oil driven and 2 turbine driven dynamos, 1 reciprocating engine driven dynamo, 8,600nm at 12.5 knots, 3,900 nm at 21 knots, 4x2 381mm, 12x152mm, 4x2 102mm, 4x8 2-lb AA, 4x4 0.5cal machine guns, 4-11in belt, 4-6in bulkheads, 4.25-13in turrets, 4-10in barbettes, 3-11in conning tower, 6in torpedo conning tower, 1-3in deck. Crew list photos of HMS Warspite Directory of Names Jutland Memorial - H.M.S. 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. The ships had multiple armoured decks that ranged from 1 to 3 inches (25 to 76mm) in thickness. 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. 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). 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. She returned to active duty in 1937, once again as the flagship in the Mediterranean. 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). In Apr 1940, she operated off Norway and on 10 Apr she lent gunfire support at Narvik where British ships sank three German destroyers and damaged 5 others (all 5 were eventually scuttled to avoid capture). Warspite was decommissioned from service. [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 battleship HMS Warspite was wrecked on the rocks of Mounts Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, while being towed to the breakers. She made it back to Scapa Flow and from there to Devonport for more repair work, rejoining the fleet on Christmas Eve 1915. [7], The ship was fitted with flying-off platforms mounted on the roofs of 'B' and 'X' turrets in 1918, from which fighters and reconnaissance aircraft could launch. 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. [31] In 1927, under the command of Captain James Somerville, she struck an uncharted rock in the Aegean and was ordered to return to Portsmouth for repairs. She participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. 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. Warspite took part in 15 major engagements, from Jutland in World War 1 to 14 actions in World War 2. Four cruisers and four destroyers also departed from Piraeus, Greece, launching spotter planes to search for the Italian fleet, locating it at noon. "[87], Between 2 and 3 September, Warspite and Valiant covered the assault across the Straits of Messina and bombarded the Italian coastal batteries near Reggio. Warspite later attempted to ram a surfaced U-boat. One hit might have been obtained on a 8" cruiser. For this and other reasons, Warspite gained the nickname the "Grand Old Lady" after a comment made by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in 1943 while she was his flagship. Albert Edward Harding HMS Warspite (d.22nd May 1941). HTML tags are not allowed. A storm in April 1947 sank it in Mount Bay and, despite multiple efforts to refloat it, its wreck remained there until 1950. Later refloating herself she went hard aground a few yards away in Prussia Cove. She ran aground off Dunbar on 17 September 1915, which necessitated repairs until 20 November. Creator/User: Britain The anti-aircraft (AA) armament were composed of two quick-firing (QF) 3-inch (76mm) 20cwt Mk I[Note 1] guns. William Jordan Pike HMS Ajax (d.15th Nov 1942). 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Seeing that they were under pressure, Cunningham took Warspite ahead to assist his cruisers. [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. On 16 Sep, she was attacked by a squadron of German aircraft and struck by three FX-1400 guided bombs. Meanwhile a search up and down the country was on-going for pumps, compressors, generators, cranes and steel air-lines and by April, 3 months after taking over, The Wolverhampton Metal Company Ltd were contemplating their first major attempt to refloat HMS Warspite. Permission to beach her at a convenient site was refused and so demolition began where she was lying. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. Your IP address will be tracked even if you remain anonymous. She returned to the Mediterranean as the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, then spent some time with the Atlantic Fleet. 2nd June 1944. Exactly when the platforms were removed is unknown, but no later than Warspite's 19341937 reconstruction. - HMS Warspite during the Second World War -. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? Shortly after, HMS Gloucester (722 killed) and HMS Fiji (257 killed) were also sunk. Initially, the Allied cruisers, armed with 6-inch guns, were outranged by the 8-inch guns of their heavier Italian counterparts and disengaged. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 70.00 + 2.75 Postage. [39] Warspite finally entered Grand Harbour, in Malta, on 14 January 1938 and continued gunnery practice and training. 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. ON 10 Sep, she was among the British ships escorting the surrendering ships of the Italian Navy to Malta. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) WW2DB site administrators reserve the right to moderate, censor, and/or remove any comment. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by [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. [28], In 1919, Warspite joined the 2nd Battle Squadron, part of the newly formed Atlantic Fleet, and undertook regular spring cruises to the Mediterranean. For inquiries about military records for members of the World War II armed forces, please see our FAQ. After arriving off Salerno on 15 September, Warspite bombarded an ammunition dump and other positions around Altavilla Silentina, demoralising the German forces and providing time for Allied reinforcements to arrive. 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. When received these records were divided into two groups - those prior to 1952 and those post 1952. About our Crew complement. Even $1 per month will go a long way! Warspite returned home in mid-1943 to conduct naval gunfire support as part of Force H during the Italian campaign. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. [83] Although the Italians had surrendered, the Germans had anticipated this and moved forces into position to block the Allied landings. [1]:6. [43] In June 1939, Vice Admiral Andrew Cunningham replaced Dudley Pound and took Warspite to Istanbul for talks with the Turkish government. The Warspite was damaged during the Battle of Crete during a German air attack. Want to know what life was like during the War? In Apr 1942, the Japanese attacked Ceylon in force, sinking cruisers Cornwall and Dorsetshire and carrier Hermes; Warspite and other ships were dispatched to intercept the Japanese fleet, but they failed to locate it. She lost 14 men and many more were injured while the ship sustained serious damage, plus she was twice hunted by German submarines, but she was eventually able to make it to Rosyth for repairs. The World War II Database is founded and managed by 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. [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. ww2dbaseIn Jan 1942, Warspite became the flagship of Admiral Sir James Somerville of the Eastern Fleet, who relocated the Eastern Fleet's base from Ceylon to the Maldives. 124.73 + 14.97 Postage. [67] Cunningham rejected this plan, but on 21 April he sailed with Warspite to bombard the harbour in company with Barham and Valiant, the cruiser Gloucester and several destroyers. This information will help us make improvements to the website. privacy policy. Hi Ady thanks for the help. H MS Warspite, 1944, Normandy (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge) return to Contents List QUEEN ELIZABETH-Class battleship ordered from HM Dockyard, Portsmouth after approval of design in June 1912. Further attempts were made to refloat, but it was found impossible to lift the ship again in one piece. During the Second World War, Warspite was involved in the Norwegian Campaign in early 1940 and was transferred to the Mediterranean later that year where the ship participated in fleet actions against the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) while also escorting convoys and bombarding Italian troops ashore. Unfortunately the hawser fouled the tug's propellers and she went aground again in an exposed position. 28/09/44-01/05/46 HMS Pembroke/HMS Marlborough. [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. Thank you. This required maximum offensive power and a speed several knots faster than any other battleship to allow them to defeat any type of ship. He served on the St Cyrus, a tug that was tender to the Repulse in the Atlantic fleet in 1930, on the Boyne in fishery protection and on St Issey in 1935 in the Mediterranean fleet, all based at Chatham and with him as Boatswain. The intention was for her to become the flagship of Admiral Dudley Pound's Mediterranean Fleet, but trials revealed problems with propulsion machinery and steering, a legacy of Jutland, which continued to beset Warspite and delayed her departure. Able Sea. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. One of her 15-inch tompions and her chapel door are held by the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth. By June 27th, she was finally severed and pulled inshore. Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. It was towed to Gibraltar before finalizing the repairs to Rosyth in Great Britain in March 1944. The British Royal Navy battleships HMS Warspite and HMS Valiant bombarded Reggio Calabria at the southern tip of Italy, eliminating a six gun battery. In September 1941, whilst taking part in the landings at Salerno, she was hit by a radio-controlled bomb. [74] The attack was carried out by Jagdgeschwader 77 (JG 77Fighter Wing 77). The Navy Lists - Warspite. 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. 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. + 2.75 Postage. On Sat July 29th, 1950, the salvage firm had a success; they floated the ship and began to tow her away from Prussia Cove. One was mounted above the conning tower, protected by an armoured hood, and the other was in the spotting top above the tripod mast. [100][101] According to the contractors, it remains the largest salvage operation ever carried out in British waters. Records of HMS Warspite from other sources. HMS Warspite intervened and engaged successively two 8" and two 6" cruisers at long range, which after a few salvos turned away. Had posted this querie in my local Fife forum (within this website) and got help finding his file - great! [54][55] The shell pierced Giulio Cesare's rear funnel and detonated inside it, blowing out a hole nearly 6.1 meters (20ft) across, while fragments started several fires and their smoke was drawn into the boiler rooms, forcing four boilers off-line as their operators could not breathe which reduced the ship's speed to 18 knots (33km/h; 21mph). -. At Narvik, Norway, a British naval force consisted of battleship HMS Warspite and 9 destroyers under the command of Vice Admiral William Whitworth entered Ofotfjord; in the Second Battle of Narvik, Warspite's Swordfish torpedo bomber sank German submarine U-64 with bombs, while surface vessels sank 3 destroyers, with another 5 German ships scuttled by their own crews after suffering extensive damage; three British ships were damaged in the battle; without their ships, 2,600 German sailors went on land and served as infantrymen; Whitworth radioed London, noting that German forces at Narvik were now stranded, and a single brigade could defeat them. In 1916 it was engaged at the battle of Jutland in the 5th Fighter Wing, during which it received fifteen shots at the goal. [108], This Warspite earned 15 of the 25 battle honours awarded to Royal Navy ships of this name.[109]. Launched. Hi Ady thanks for that - excellent info. 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. It was decided to sever HMS Warspite completely. Her tripod mast was removed and a distinctive armoured citadel built up to enclose the bridge and to provide space for her to operate as a flagship. 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 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. She returned to Malta at high speed on 18 July, avoiding several air attacks during the night. Samuel Hopkins served with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Warspite in WW2. [96], During her service career, Warspite had lived up to her motto, enduring shellfire, bombing, ramming, mines and a guided missile. Division One and Two rendezvoused in the Gulf of Sirte on 9 July and covered the assembling convoys. The time is 9 PM approx. Hi guys just wondering if any of you armed forces experts could point me in the right direction. [53] The two fleets eventually met 30 miles from Punta Stilo at the Battle of Calabria on 9 July 1940. After repairs, she bombarded Brest, Le Havre, and Walcheren. Mar. 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. 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. WARSPITE Crew List With Additional Information Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project Share by: Launched in 1913, the battleship HMS Warspite saw extensive service during both world wars. During this time the diver - Mr Jim Craig - was repairing and sealing where necessary. Let us know. The shells landed harmlessly at a gunnery range where a platoon of the Green Howards was exercising. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. The ship was laid down on 31st January 1913 and launched on 4th November 19l4. Thomas Greenwood HMS Warspite Royal Navy, Gnr. [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. Inline images in messages are the copyright of the respective linked sites. Let us know Help. Over 125 aircraft of the Regia Aeronautica attacked the ships over the next three hours but caused no damage. Want to find out more about your relative's service? British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Warspite shelled Italian defensive positions at Vlor, Albania overnight in support of Greek advances. [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. Many do not survive at all whilst significant proportions of those that do survive are held . Within each group were bundles of documents. The British Mediterranean Fleet departed Alexandria, Egypt to escort a supply convoy to Malta. There is no question when the old lady lifts her skirts she can run. [80] She joined the Eastern Fleet at Trincomalee in March 1942. 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)]. D-Day and Battle of Normandy Encyclopedia. A storm in April 1947 sank it in Mount Bay and, despite multiple efforts to refloat it, its wreck remained there until 1950. Tous droits rservs, Index of Allied warships during Operation Neptune. The American forces near Battipaglia were in a precarious situation following German counter-attacks. 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. It was towed to Gibraltar before finalizing the repairs to Rosyth in Great Britain in March 1944. Is there anyway of finding a crew list to find him mentioned. 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 She has been noted as arguably the greatest battleship the Royal Navy ever possessed. They succeeded in correcting the problem, but the ship would be plagued with steering irregularities for the rest of her naval career. 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. 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