H. M. S. Warspite: The Story of a Famous BattleshipCollins, 1957 - 319 sider |
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... warships and the cost of equipping and main- taining them had increased so greatly , that it had become anomalous for them to continue the private property of the Monarch , and impossible for him to meet such a com- mitment . It was ...
... warships and the cost of equipping and main- taining them had increased so greatly , that it had become anomalous for them to continue the private property of the Monarch , and impossible for him to meet such a com- mitment . It was ...
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... warships to be lit by electricity . Her main armament was four 9.2 - inch breech - loading guns in single barbettes . One gun was mounted ahead , one astern and one on each beam . Her secondary armament consisted of ten 6 - inch guns ...
... warships to be lit by electricity . Her main armament was four 9.2 - inch breech - loading guns in single barbettes . One gun was mounted ahead , one astern and one on each beam . Her secondary armament consisted of ten 6 - inch guns ...
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... warships were caught and sunk off the east coast of Ceylon next morning . Meanwhile other Japanese warships were sweeping our shipping from the Bay of Bengal . Though we may be thankful that the enemy carriers never found Somerville's ...
... warships were caught and sunk off the east coast of Ceylon next morning . Meanwhile other Japanese warships were sweeping our shipping from the Bay of Bengal . Though we may be thankful that the enemy carriers never found Somerville's ...
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INTRODUCTION | 19 |
CHAPTER | 25 |
From Jutland to the German Fleets Surrender | 141 |
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15-inch guns 5th Battle Squadron action Admiral Cunningham Admiral Sir Admiralty aircraft Alexandria April armaments Army Barham battery battle cruisers battle fleet Battle of Jutland Battle of Narvik battleships Beatty Beatty's bombardment bombing British Captain carried carrier coast command commander-in-chief convoy Crete crew damaged deck defences destroyers Dutch east Eastern enemy enemy's fighting Fisher flag fleet flagship fought French German Gibraltar Grand Fleet H.M.S. Warspite harbour heavy High Seas Fleet Hipper's Ibid Italian fleet Jellicoe Jellicoe's June Jutland knots land later light cruisers light forces Lord Malaya Malta maritime Meanwhile Mediterranean Fleet mess-decks messes miles Narvik naval Navy night November officers once opened fire passed port Portsmouth Queen Elizabeth Roskill Rosyth Royal Royal Navy sailed salvos Scapa Scheer Sea Lord shells ships sighted soon speed starboard station steam steering submarines targets tons took torpedo turned turret U-boats Valiant warships Warspite Warspite's