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• One Warspite was a first-class armoured cruiser, launched 29 December 1884 and commissioned in 1886.
• The next Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship. She took part in the battle of Jutland in the First World War and many battles in the Second World War, after which she was scrapped.
• The latest Warspite was the third of Britain's nuclear-powered submarines, and the second (and final) of the Valiant classThe Valiant class were the first fully British nuclear fleet submarine, as the first nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought actually used an American nuclear reactor. There were only two boats of the class, the first boat, the nameship being commissioned just. She was launched on 25 September 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N.