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HMS Warspite’s 15-mile hit - The shot that broke Giulio Cesare

During the Battle of Calabria, HMS Warspite engaged the Italian flagship Giulio Cesare from more than 15 miles away. The hit triggered a violent blast aboard the battleship and helped force an Italian ...
The National Interest

HMS Warspite: The Battleship That Fired First on D-Day

Key Point: The shells of Warspite and other Allied naval guns followed the torpedo boats back through the smoke. One of Warspite’s scored a hit and instantly sank a trawler. To HMS Warspite went the ...
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HMS Warspite - The 14-mile 15-inch hit that broke Italy’s fleet morale

During the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, British and Italian fleets maneuvered to protect convoys and gain control of the central Mediterranean. The transcript follows Admiral Andrew Cunningham’s ...
BBC

My War at Sea: Onboard HMS Southampton, HMS Warspite, HMS Pytchley and HMS Nubian

At the end of 1939 I had said farewell to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and in January 1940 set forth to join my first ship, HMS Southampton, a cruiser of 10,000 tons undergoing a short refit at ...