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HMS Warspite

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508: 503: 50:, suggesting the 'Warspight' would poke holes in enemy ships' (wooden) hulls. Until 1919 a woodpecker was used as the ships' crest; the official badge was a cannon, although the woodpecker continued to be used on the ships' tompions or gun muzzle plugs. 517: 450: 416: 323: 537: 313: 197:, earning the most battle honours of any Royal Navy ship. She ran aground on her way to be broken up in 1947 and was scrapped in 1950. 473: 273: 180: 524:
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launched in 1965 and decommissioned in 1991. She is currently awaiting disposal.
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third rate launched in 1758. She was on harbour service from 1778, was renamed
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in 1862, she became a training ship until destroyed by fire in 1876.
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Index

Royal Navy
spight
spite
speight
green woodpecker
battle honours
English ship Warspite (1596)
galleon
HMS Warspite (1666)
third-rate
ship of the line
HMS Edinburgh
broken up
HMS Warspite (1758)
74-gun
HMS Arundel
HMS Warspite (1807)
razeed
The Marine Society
HMS Warspite (1884)
Imperieuse-class
armoured cruiser
HMS Warspite (03)
Queen Elizabeth-class
battleship
First World War
Second World War
HMS Warspite (S103)
Valiant-class
nuclear-powered

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