The Warspite lineage begins with a galleon built in 1596 and its mixed battery of guns. The name then passes through several third rates, an armoured cruiser, and the famous battleship. A nuclear submarine carries the sequence into the modern fleet, with another planned submarine tentatively added to the count. The recurring name offers a compact view of the Royal Navy's movement from sail and broadside armament to armoured capital ships and underwater warfare.
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Warspite from Elizabethan galleon to nuclear submarine
The Warspite name links an Elizabethan galleon, ships of the line, an armoured cruiser, a battleship, and nuclear submarines.