Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thank you for 300 subs! The channel is growing faster then I ever could have imagined, at the time I am writing this the channel has around 32,000 views! Now I don't want to get ahead of myself, but at 500 subs (hoping we get there soon) I'd like to do a Q&A about anything really, so if you have a question leave it here under this one! I can't thank you guys enough for the support!
@@Packless1 that they did, however there are a great many post war museum pieces and given the warspite had (iirc) more battle honours than any other ship in the Royal navy, she should have been a museum ship
CV-6 Enterprise deserved it just as much. Losing both was more than just a damn shame, it was a crime against history... We could have had the finest of the Queen Elizabeth class battleships AND the only surviving Yorktown class carrier, both of which earned more battle stars than any other ship in their respective fleets.
@@johngregory4801 Sure, you're right John. Forgot the Big E. She also deserved to be preserved, sometimes she was the only flattop in action, even than, with a damaged elevator. What a crime agaisnt maritime history to scrap ships like these. Kind regards!
Thankyou a very concise but all the same interesting history of Just one of the venerable Royal Navy capital ships dating from ww1 but agreed an ignominious end for her. As a kid of about 8 in the late fifties we had a family holiday with relations in Newlyn and enjoyed a great time in Marazion bay on the beach opposite St Michael’s mount . Just off the tideline there were some huge chunks of metal in the water. My dad said they were the remains of HMS Warspite . The name stuck from then on . Much later in life reading the history of the battle of Narvik in 1940 ( which you mentioned ) it made me realise what a bludgeon the old girl could be given the right context.
Warspite was the Battleship that should have been placed as the memorial and museum of Britain's Battleships. IIRC she has the most battle honours of any ship that was in RN.
She ran aground in Mount's Bay right underneath St Michael's Mount. I ghave dived the site a few times and have a brass wheel with ' No 6 Boiler' etched into it.
Glad to have found your channel! You do really well in judging the amount of detail, can't believe the information you give in less than eight minutes. Would love to visit some of the museum ships in The US sometime, definite to do list. I suppose Warspite and CV6 are the obvious ones that got away. Really not a fan of the Queen Anne's Mansions style bridge she ended up with though, the WW1 RN ships are more aesthetically pleasing in my eyes.
Good job guy!! Very knowledgeable and clear. Whenever you can do one on my country’s only BB, the España class. I know they’re not the best battleships but still, the only ones we ever made. God bless
What a fighting ship! Scarred and damaged and kept on refitting and going back for more, over such a long time. Thats rare. Thanks for all the info, I didn't know much of this.
My great uncle's ship HMS Nubian a Tribal Class destroyer torpedoed Pola. Would love to see you do a video on HMS Nubian as only Warspite has more battle honours 🇬🇧
Now you know many of us feel about the UNDESERVED scrapping of the USS Enterprise, CV-6 by the Americans. To me that will ALWAYS remain a huge black eye on the country.
There's a few differences. England simply could not afford to save Warspite. She was broke. Now, could they have left her where she ran aground to see if they could somehow raise money? Sure. Enterprise was scrapped because New York failed to buy her. And because she was so worn out it would be cheaper to build a new carrier than get Enterprise into condition for a museum ship. (Considering Warspite's track record, probably the same story)
She certainly deserved to be saved due to her illustrious career, but that wasn't the attitude post war. She was also pretty badly beat up from the numerous actions she took part in. WWI was skipped over but she had a colourful career back then too, taking part in the battle of jutland in 1916, and sustaining damage, requiring her to limp back to Rosyth. I had an uncle who served on her, but he died soon after the war and I never got the chance to talk to him.
I totally agree, the british just scrapped every warship and liner back in the day with thinking of their value to the people in this country, nothing has changed today, we had 3 good small aircraft carriers a few years back, and never saved one of them, makes me angry that we dont care about our history. I would rather have Hms Warspite around today, instead of Belfast, who made that decision? 😔
At least she was spared the indignity of ending up in the scrapyard. I believe that ‘Warspite’ is Welsh for Woodpecker. Although, the origins of her name can be murky. Her 15” main guns were the pinnacle of RN gun design. Neither the 14” or 16” main guns developed between the wars were as capable. HMS Vanguard attests to this. The Battles of Narvik destroyed the German destroyer force. Half their vessels were lost in two days!
The late Roland R Smith showed colour footage of Warspite filmed from another squadron as each passed one another closely, but I do not think his videos are available now or on DVD, although excerpts from them have appeared on u-tube. You are reading your narrative alittle rushed here. You must be thinking you are aboard Hood when Renown steamed into her, the concluding words of warning on Hood were Renown is coming inboard!!
They didn't scrap her were she grounded. She was refloated and moved beside St Michael's Mount and that is were she was scraped. There's still some of her there today sunken in the sand.
I totally agree she is one of many ships we could ha e saved and turned in to museums like you folks in the U.S have done its such a shame there isn't a single British battleship left you can visit or carrier
Some idiot decided to scrap it. Along with many other great beasties. All the heavyweights were scrapped. All that's left is Belfast and she ain't a Battleship.
Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thank you for 300 subs! The channel is growing faster then I ever could have imagined, at the time I am writing this the channel has around 32,000 views! Now I don't want to get ahead of myself, but at 500 subs (hoping we get there soon) I'd like to do a Q&A about anything really, so if you have a question leave it here under this one! I can't thank you guys enough for the support!
The one Battleship that should have been saved and damn the costs!
The fact she was not turned into a museum ship is criminal
...it was the 'Zeitgeist' of those days...
...after WW2 the people had other concerns than making museum-ships...!
@@Packless1 that they did, however there are a great many post war museum pieces and given the warspite had (iirc) more battle honours than any other ship in the Royal navy, she should have been a museum ship
@@quigglebert We were poor in ww2, and we still are. I totally agree with you .But We had no money to do this.
@@Packless1 you know how Liberals are.... they do like their trophies and plaques
She also fired the longest range hit on a warship ever. the Caesar was struck by one of her shells some 26,000 yards away
Warspite specialised in "Surprise its me !!!" before she obliterated you with her 15" guns
Or did a hypnotic circular dance when you least expected it!
Probably the most important museum ship that was lost to scrapping in the end. No ship deserved it more than this old stalwart!!!
CV-6 Enterprise deserved it just as much. Losing both was more than just a damn shame, it was a crime against history...
We could have had the finest of the Queen Elizabeth class battleships AND the only surviving Yorktown class carrier, both of which earned more battle stars than any other ship in their respective fleets.
@@johngregory4801 Sure, you're right John. Forgot the Big E. She also deserved to be preserved, sometimes she was the only flattop in action, even than, with a damaged elevator. What a crime agaisnt maritime history to scrap ships like these. Kind regards!
@@marcosfernandez7207 😁
Here here! Well said and deservedly so. She was the most decorated ship in the Royal Navy EVER!
I was amazed to have your article pop up on the internet. My father ( E L Price )served on this ship as a leading signal man.
My Dad was a Royal Marine in the Warspite ,transferred from H M S Hood how lucky can one man be.
I like this channel. Simple, straightforward presentations (not a lot of distracting BS), good information. Subscribed
Thankyou a very concise but all the same interesting history of Just one of the venerable Royal Navy capital ships dating from ww1 but agreed an ignominious end for her.
As a kid of about 8 in the late fifties we had a family holiday with relations in Newlyn and enjoyed a great time in Marazion bay on the beach opposite St Michael’s mount . Just off the tideline there were some huge chunks of metal in the water. My dad said they were the remains of HMS Warspite . The name stuck from then on . Much later in life reading the history of the battle of Narvik in 1940 ( which you mentioned ) it made me realise what a bludgeon the old girl could be given the right context.
Warspite was the Battleship that should have been placed as the memorial and museum of Britain's Battleships. IIRC she has the most battle honours of any ship that was in RN.
Great video. Getting better all the time 👍🏻🙂
HMS Warspite is a museum ship in an alternate universe.
We can only hope!
She ran aground in Mount's Bay right underneath St Michael's Mount.
I ghave dived the site a few times and have a brass wheel with ' No 6 Boiler' etched into it.
Glad to have found your channel!
You do really well in judging the amount of detail, can't believe the information you give in less than eight minutes.
Would love to visit some of the museum ships in The US sometime, definite to do list.
I suppose Warspite and CV6 are the obvious ones that got away.
Really not a fan of the Queen Anne's Mansions style bridge she ended up with though, the WW1 RN ships are more aesthetically pleasing in my eyes.
Good job guy!! Very knowledgeable and clear. Whenever you can do one on my country’s only BB, the España class. I know they’re not the best battleships but still, the only ones we ever made. God bless
What a fighting ship! Scarred and damaged and kept on refitting and going back for more, over such a long time. Thats rare.
Thanks for all the info, I didn't know much of this.
Many of her sailors said she slipped her tow lines and was going to make a run for the open ocean.
This is one helluva warship, one that deserves to have been a museum class👍 display?
My great uncle's ship HMS Nubian a Tribal Class destroyer torpedoed Pola.
Would love to see you do a video on HMS Nubian as only Warspite has more battle honours 🇬🇧
Hms Warspite is my favorite war ship of this time she has a big fan base on Facebook
H.M.S. Warspite sure put sure put a lot of miles on her machinery.
Now you know many of us feel about the UNDESERVED scrapping of the USS Enterprise, CV-6 by the Americans. To me that will ALWAYS remain a huge black eye on the country.
Couldn’t agree more!
There's a few differences. England simply could not afford to save Warspite. She was broke. Now, could they have left her where she ran aground to see if they could somehow raise money? Sure.
Enterprise was scrapped because New York failed to buy her. And because she was so worn out it would be cheaper to build a new carrier than get Enterprise into condition for a museum ship. (Considering Warspite's track record, probably the same story)
She certainly deserved to be saved due to her illustrious career, but that wasn't the attitude post war. She was also pretty badly beat up from the numerous actions she took part in.
WWI was skipped over but she had a colourful career back then too, taking part in the battle of jutland in 1916, and sustaining damage, requiring her to limp back to Rosyth. I had an uncle who served on her, but he died soon after the war and I never got the chance to talk to him.
Oh I didn’t skip over WWI, there’s just a part 1!
My name's HMS Warspite. People call me HMS Warspite.
I agree. I'am so surprised Great Britain never saved at least one of her Battleships.
...there's one british battleship left...
...Mikasa, a japanese pre-dreadnought - now a museum-ship - was made in Britain...!
@@Packless1 But it would've great if they had saved a KG5 class battleship.
Always came home - NEVER gave up,
I totally agree, the british just scrapped every warship and liner back in the day with thinking of their value to the people in this country, nothing has changed today, we had 3 good small aircraft carriers a few years back, and never saved one of them, makes me angry that we dont care about our history. I would rather have Hms Warspite around today, instead of Belfast, who made that decision? 😔
Warspite SHOULD have been made into a museum ship. The GRAND OLD LADY was done wrong!
At least she was spared the indignity of ending up in the scrapyard.
I believe that ‘Warspite’ is Welsh for Woodpecker. Although, the origins of her name can be murky.
Her 15” main guns were the pinnacle of RN gun design. Neither the 14” or 16” main guns developed between the wars were as capable. HMS Vanguard attests to this.
The Battles of Narvik destroyed the German destroyer force. Half their vessels were lost in two days!
Is there a model of her available probably 1:1200 scale??
Semper fi,,,,,,, Semper Fortis
Great last comment!
The late Roland R Smith showed colour footage of Warspite filmed from another squadron as each passed one another closely, but I do not think his videos are available now or on DVD, although excerpts from them have appeared on u-tube.
You are reading your narrative alittle rushed here. You must be thinking you are aboard Hood when Renown steamed into her, the concluding words of warning on Hood were Renown is coming inboard!!
_USS Enterprise_ needed her company. 😰
Another cracker Sir 👍 ⚓
They didn't scrap her were she grounded. She was refloated and moved beside St Michael's Mount and that is were she was scraped. There's still some of her there today sunken in the sand.
I totally agree she is one of many ships we could ha e saved and turned in to museums like you folks in the U.S have done its such a shame there isn't a single British battleship left you can visit or carrier
Some idiot decided to scrap it. Along with many other great beasties. All the heavyweights were scrapped. All that's left is Belfast and she ain't a Battleship.
Great content, but your pronunciations of the Italian names, and British ports need work.
Ah yes the Grand old lady ngl she was more famous than her bigger sister Queen Elizabeth lol
Older sister, not bigger.
Warspite should have been saved along with ENTERPRISE cv 6.