HMS Warspite

Victory at Sea: HMS Warspite

HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy. Built in the early 1910s, she served in World War I, including the Battle of Jutland. Modernised in the 1930s, she subsequently served in World War II.

Warspite was part of the Norwegian Campaign of 1940 and subsequently transferred to the Mediterranean, where she was involved in fleet actions against the Italian Regia Marina. During the Battle of Crete in mid-1941, she was damaged by enemy German aircraft and spent 6 months in the USA undergoing repairs. These repairs were completed shortly after the US entered the war, and in early 1942, she sailed across the Pacific to join the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean.

She returned home in 1943 to provide gunfire support as part of Force H in the Italian Campaign. At the Salerno landings, she again sustained damage, this time from radio-controlled glide bombs. She spent almost another year undergoing repairs.

Before her repairs were fully completed, she was back at sea, supporting the fire support in the next year supporting the Normandy and Walcheren Island landings in 1944. These actions earned her recognition as the ship with the most battle honours in the history of the Royal Navy, and also bestowed upon her the affectionate nickname "Grand Old Lady."

After the war ended, she was decommissioned and ran aground in 1947 whilst under tow.

The box contains one Warlord Resin ship.
Model supplied unassembled and unpainted.