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To: C19fan
The Warspite was not sunk and survived the war.

In light of the multiple German claims of damaging or sinking her, Warspite seems as resilient as Jim Rockford's Firebird.

10 posted on 05/05/2010 6:31:40 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Not the first war in which the Germans could claim to have sunk Warspite. She was badly damaged at Jutland, taking 15 hits and temporarily losing her steering. She almost foundered on the way home.

A beautiful ship, and a tough one, too, she probably saw more surface combat than any other dreadnought.


13 posted on 05/05/2010 11:11:55 AM PDT by henkster (A broken government does not merit full faith and credit.)
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