Quote by Iain Ballantyne Download Open image ““The second HMS Warspite (also spelt Warspight)”” — Iain Ballantyne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“The origins of the name Warspite are not clear but the most popular theory is that it was a compound creation – ‘War’s spite’… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“Misfortune struck again when Warspite managed to ram HMS Valiant amidships on returning from some night shooting. Warspite’s bows were stoved in again while… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“British battleships were driven by between 30 and 100 megawatts of power.” — David Edgerton Copy Share Image
“Acting Rear Admiral Gillet said, “Captain Scultetus, please try to understand that Britain and Germany are at war! The HMS Armadale Castle has been… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“Apparently, the British Royal Navy had just recruited an elephant hunter to bring down a battleship.” — Robert Gaudi Copy Share Image
“war. Or, rather, wars. Not one, not two, but many wars, both big and small, just and unjust, wars with shifting casts of supposed… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“All ships... we are now at battle stations. I expect this will now be known as the Second Battle of Fondor.” — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
War is not two great armies meeting in the clash and frenzy of battle. War is a boy being carried on a stretcher, looking… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“alienated Essex from the Queen’s favours. Meanwhile Raleigh revived his place at Court and was again one of the Queen’s closest advisors. Embittered, Essex… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“The origins of the name Warspite are not clear but the most popular theory is that it was a compound creation – ‘War’s spite’… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“Hatred of the Spanish overwhelmed any qualms Raleigh might have felt about begging his bitter rival for help. Calling up he asked for the… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“here it was in black and white from the First Lord of the Admiralty... again! King George V had already asked his Private Secretary… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“During the voyage Midshipman Corbett had been tasked with calculating the miles steamed by Warspite since the beginning of the war. After arriving at… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“Somehow her engineers managed to squeeze twenty-two-and-a-half knots out of the Warspite, which was pretty remarkable for a thirty-year-old ship. However, just when she… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
“Misfortune struck again when Warspite managed to ram HMS Valiant amidships on returning from some night shooting. Warspite’s bows were stoved in again while… — Iain Ballantyne Copy Share Image
