This Ship Fought in Both World Wars - Hit by Everything, Sank Itself Rather Than Go to Scrapyard
Автор: WWII Uncovered
Загружено: 2025-11-30
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HMS Warspite: most decorated battleship in Royal Navy history, fought BOTH World Wars. 1916 Jutland: steering jammed, circled uncontrollably toward German fleet, hit 15+ times, survived. 1940 Narvik: destroyed all 8 German destroyers. 1940 Calabria: hit Italian battleship from 15 miles away. 1941 Crete: 500-pound bomb hit, catastrophic damage, survived. 1943 Salerno: hit by THREE Fritz X guided bombs, lifted out of water, 250 casualties, limped to Malta, repaired. 1944 D-Day: 30+ years old, still fighting. Struck mine off Normandy, survived again. Earned 15 battle honors. 1947: being towed to scrapyard, broke free in storm, beached herself on Cornwall rocks. Refused to die peacefully.
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