Battle of Cape Matapan
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The Battle of Cape Matapan was a naval battle during the Second World War between the Allies, represented by the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian Navy, from 27 to 29 M
The battleship Vittorio Veneto firing upon the Allied cruisers during the action off Gavdos
Vittorio Veneto withdraws from the battle area after being torpedoed by RN aircraft.
Bolzano under torpedo attack by Fairey Swordfish.
HMS Warspite (03)
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HMS Warspite was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and pa
Battle of Cape Matapan
…Admiral Cunningham made a surreptitious exit after dark from a golf club in Alexandria to avoid being seen boarding his flagship, the battleship HMS Warspite. He had made a point of arriving at the club the same afternoon with his suitcase as if for an overnight stay, and spent some time on the golf course…
Warspite under way in the Indian Ocean, 16 July 1942
Warspite and Malaya at Jutland
Diagram of the Queen Elizabeth class published by Brassey's Naval Annual in 1923
Captain Victor Crutchley VC, pictured as a Rear Admiral