More than 200 guests attended the celebration of HMS Warspite at Plymouth's Devonport Dockyard. The ship, launched in 1913, holds more honours than any other in British naval history and served in ...

Admiral Sir Hugo White: Commander who fought off Exocet attacks during the Falklands War and was later Governor of Gibraltar. ... HMS Warspite. He went on to be first lieutenant in HMS Osiris, ...

Shortly afterward, Britain decisively struck again, sending a formidable fleet led by HMS Warspite to finally destroy the vulnerable German vessels at Narvik. Dark Seas Posted: May 29, 2025 | Last ...

The events of November 9, 1968, remain classified by the Ministry of Defence, but several members of the crew on board HMS Warspite have echoed the story told by Mr Ballantyne in the years since.

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Image caption, Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, was among 30,000 people who watched the launch of HMS Warspite on 26 November 1913 Image caption, The ceremony at Devonport was a ...

More than 200 guests attended the celebration of HMS Warspite at Plymouth's Devonport Dockyard. The ship, launched in 1913, holds more honours than any other in British naval history and served in ...