Скачать или смотреть They Mocked the Old Warship - Then She Became the Most Decorated Warship Britain Ever Had

HMS Warspite was the most decorated battleship in Royal Navy history, earning an unprecedented 15 battle honors across two world wars and 30 years of relentless combat. From surviving the catastrophic "Death Ride" at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 to firing the first shots on D-Day in 1944, this Queen Elizabeth-class battleship fought in every major theater of naval warfare from the North Sea to the Mediterranean. Warspite's legendary service included the Second Battle of Narvik where her Swordfish aircraft achieved the first U-boat kill by an aircraft, the record-breaking 26,000-yard hit at the Battle of Calabria, and the devastating night action at Cape Matapan that shattered the Italian Navy. Despite taking 15 German shells at Jutland, bombs over Crete, and a Fritz-X guided missile at Salerno, the Grand Old Lady refused to sink—surviving damage that would have destroyed any other warship. Even when ordered to the scrapyard in 1947, Warspite broke free during a storm and ran herself aground on the Cornish coast in one final act of defiance. This is the complete story of the most resilient battleship ever built and the sailors who made her a legend.