A battleship repair visit during a mining strike

Did Churchill send a battleship to point its guns at a mining town during fears of communism?

The alleged Churchill order is doubted; the alternative account describes a repair visit during a strike, with no guns aimed at the town.

The alleged order to threaten a communist town is doubted, and no particular ship or town is identified. The alternative account concerns a battleship entering a coastal mining town for repairs during a strike. In that account, its guns were never pointed at anyone. The port call could have been a captain's operational decision without the government being told beforehand.