Talk:HMS Warspite

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[edit] Origin of the Name

What is a warspite? Where does the name come from? Lordjim13 11:51, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

I’d thought the name was just an amalgam of “war” and “spite”; I know “spite” occurs in “ A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as a mild expletive, so maybe the name had more meaning in Elizabethan times than it does today. Xyl 54 (talk) 11:31, 24 November 2007 (UTC)