Should HMS Warspite have been left where she grounded and made into a museum?
Short answerYes; preserving her at the grounding site would have created a lasting naval memorial.
NotesWarspite should have been preserved at the place where she grounded. Turning the site into a museum would have kept the battleship in the landscape instead of allowing scrapping to erase almost the whole vessel. A multi-ton piece of Warspite armor still survives in Cornwall, showing how even isolated material can carry a ship's local memory. Keeping the grounded hull would have created a far more complete memorial to one of the Royal Navy's most celebrated battleships.