Special 1: HMS Warspite
History of the Second World War
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The Warspight and the Mediterranean Fleet
In June 1939 the Mediterranean fleet would come under the command of Vice Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. During November she would sail across the Atlantic for convoy escort duty, at this point powerful escorts were required due to the presence of German surface raiders that were present in the North Atlantic. After warspight arrived back in the home islands she would be made into the home fleet flagship to replace the Nelson which had hit a mine and was briefly out of action. The plan was to send her back to the Mediterranean once again to take over his flagship of that fleet, but then German troops invaded Norway in April 1940,. It would be in Norway that the ship would see its first major action of the war
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