HMS Warspite

Survived

Type	Battleship
Class	Queen Elizabeth
Wars	First World War, Second World War
Main guns	4 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns

Refits

1934–1937

Rebuilt: new engines and boilers, a tower bridge, thicker deck armour, a hangar and catapult, and more elevation for her 15-inch guns.

Her steering jammed at Jutland and she circled under the fire of the German fleet, drawing it away from Warrior. Rebuilt between the wars, she was Cunningham's flagship at Calabria, where she hit Giulio Cesare at thirteen miles, and at Matapan. Hit by a German glide bomb off Salerno in 1943, she still bombarded the Normandy beaches. She ran aground in Prussia Cove, Cornwall, on her way to the breakers in 1947.

HMS WARSPITE of the Eastern Fleet and Flagship of Admiral Sir James Sommerville, underway in the Indian Ocean. Photo: Oulds, D C (Lt) Royal Navy official photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns
14 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns
2 × single 3 in (76 mm) AA guns
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

Waterline belt: 13 in (330 mm)
Deck: 1–3 in (25–76 mm)
Barbettes: 7–10 in (178–254 mm)
Gun turrets: 11–13 in (279–330 mm)
Conning tower: 13 in (330 mm)

Builder	HM Dockyard, Devonport
Laid down	31 October 1912
Launched	26 November 1913
Commissioned	8 March 1915
Displacement	32,590 long tons (33,110 t) 33,260 long tons (33,790 t) (Deep load)
Length	643 ft 9 in (196.2 m)
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	1,025 (1915) 1,262 (1920, as a flagship)