Image caption, Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, was among 30,000 people who watched the launch of HMS Warspite on 26 November 1913 Image caption, The ceremony at Devonport was a ...

Prussia Cove was for the most part unheard of, until in 1947 the famous battleship HMS Warspite broke her tow whilst on the way to the ship breakers, and went aground on the hazardous rocks.

Winston Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, was among 30,000 people who watched the launch of HMS Warspite on 26 November 1913 The ceremony at Devonport was a celebration of Plymouth's ship ...

A High Court battle over the artefacts on the wreck of a British warship has ruled they should remain with the ship. HMS Victory, was lost in a storm off the Channel Islands in 1744 and found in ...

The events of November 9, 1968, remain classified by the Ministry of Defence, but several members of the crew on board HMS Warspite have echoed the story told by Mr Ballantyne in the years since.

The wreck is a familiar sight to people in the area, as it appears from beneath the sand most winters. ... HMS Warspite ran aground near Prussia Cove whilst being towed to be scrapped in 1947.