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How Warspite Survived 15 Hits At Jutland And Became Most Decorated British Battleship.

HMS Warspite: Steering jammed at Jutland 1916, circled twice toward German fleet, took 15 hits. Never properly fixed. Fought 32 years, earned 15 battle honors—more than any Royal Navy ship ever. May 31, 1916. Battle of Jutland. HMS Warspite's steering gear jammed during the largest naval battle of WWI. The ship circled uncontrollably at 25 knots—directly toward the German battle line. Fifteen heavy caliber hits. Fourteen crew dead. Fires burning. Flooding. The steering was never fully repaired in 32 years of service. Warspite fought anyway. 🔹 Commissioned: 1915 🔹 Battle of Jutland: 15 hits, survived 🔹 Second Narvik 1940: Destroyed 8 German destroyers 🔹 Battle of Calabria 1940: Longest range battleship hit in history (26,400 yards) 🔹 Battle of Matapan 1941: Annihilated 3 Italian cruisers 🔹 D-Day 1944: Fired first shot 🔹 Service life: 32 years, 2 World Wars 🔹 Battle honors: 15 (record for Royal Navy) 🔹 Nickname: "Grand Old Lady" The battleship survived Luftwaffe bombing at Crete, three guided bomb hits at Salerno, and a mine at Normandy. When scrapped in 1947, Warspite broke her tow lines during a storm and grounded herself at Prussia Cove, Cornwall. The crew believed the ship refused to die. HMS Warspite proved that a broken steering system, three decades of damage, and impossible odds couldn't stop a well-built battleship with a determined crew. The most decorated British warship in history. The Grand Old Lady. 🔔 Subscribe for more British Naval History! #HMSWarspite #RoyalNavy #BattleOfJutland #Battleship #WWI #WWII #QueenElizabethClass #GrandOldLady #NavalHistory #BritishNavy #Warship #Jutland1916 #SecondNarvik #DDay #BattleshipHistory #NavalWarfare #MostDecorated #BritishWarships