HMS Warspite (1913)

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Queen Elizabeth-class battleship
gptkbp:armament 8 × 15-inch guns
4 × 21-inch torpedo tubes
14 × 6-inch guns
2 × 3-inch AA guns
gptkbp:awards Most battle honours of any Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Jutland_1916
gptkb:Norway_1940
gptkb:Normandy_1944
Atlantic 1939–44
Walcheren 1944
Mediterranean 1940–43
gptkbp:beam 90 ft (27 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Devonport_Dockyard
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Devonport_Dockyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1915
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crewComplement 1,229
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:destroyedBy German glider bomb (1943)
gptkbp:displacement 33,410 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 33 ft (10 m)
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:flag Admiral Sir John Jellicoe (Grand Fleet, 1916)
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Warspite (1913)
gptkbp:launched 1913
gptkbp:length 639 ft (195 m)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Warspite_(previous_Royal_Navy_ships)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Grand_Old_Lady
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Andrew_Cunningham
gptkb:Vice-Admiral_Sir_Hugh_Evan-Thomas
gptkbp:notableEvent Grounded off Prussia Cove, Cornwall, 1947
gptkbp:notableFor Extensive service in both World Wars
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Battle_of_Jutland
gptkb:D-Day_(Normandy_landings)
gptkb:Battle_of_Calabria
gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Second_Battle_of_Narvik
gptkbp:pennantNumber 03
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:renovated 1941–1942
1934–1937
gptkbp:scrapped 1950
gptkbp:speed 24 knots
gptkbp:survived multiple torpedo and bomb attacks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thames_Iron_Works_and_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkb:Thames_Ironworks
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7