HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland.

KG 100 achieved another success with Fritz X while the British battleship HMS Warspite was providing gunfire support at Salerno on 16 September. One bomb penetrated six decks before exploding in number 4 boiler room.

Nov 14, 2023 · While the British battleship HMS Warspite was bombarding the invasion beaches, she was hit by a Fritz X near her funnel, and the bomb crashed through her decks to blast open a 20-foot hole in the bottom of the hull.

As early as 1943, the Henschel (Hs) 293 and the Ruhrstahl X-1 (Fritz X) were the first guided bombs employed in combat. These weapons debuted around the time of the Allied assault on Salerno and were a new concern for fleet defense.

Dec 17, 2016 · In September of 1943, while supporting the Salerno landings with offshore gunfire, Warspite escorted the Italian Fleet into internment at Malta after their formal surrender to the Allies. Back on station, she was bombed by German aircraft with three Ruhrstahl Fritz-X bombs - anti-ship, wire-guided glide bombs.

Warspite’s raid was to be supported by aircraft from the carrier HMS Furious, but foul weather negated their usefulness. Instead, Warspite relied on her own Fairey Swordfish float planes. As the battleship and her destroyers steamed toward Narvik, one of …

Sep 9, 2012 · This time they targeted the British battleship, HMS Warspite. One bomb hit and it pierced the heavy armor plating, penetrated through six decks and exploded in the number 4 boiler room, blowing out the ship’s double bottom. A …

She was hit with three of the very latest Ruhrstahl Fritz-X anti-ship, wire-guided glide bombs. One bomb penetrated Warspite's six decks deep, before exploding at the Number 4 boiler room, ultimately destroying the boiler. A second Fritz-X missed Warspite directly but managed to blast a hole in her hull at the waterline.

At 1427 hours, moving at 10 knots through the congested shipping, with her attention diverted and only a few minutes after the fighter-bombers had disappeared; the ship’s look-outs sighted a group of high level high level D0 217 K-2 bombers who released 3 …

Jan 31, 2017 · During her service career Warspite had lived up to her motto, enduring shellfire, bombing, ramming, mines and a guided missile (Fritz X)! However, time had taken its toll and more modern ships were required to continue the war in the Far East.