Queen Elizabeth-class
An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated June 1937 reporting that the protected of British warships against poison gas attacks was impressively improved. The command posts in the armoured (conning) tower and on the bridge were guaranteed gas free and gasmasks were no longer needed there. The gun turrets were already gas proved. The gunners at the smaller guns had still to use gasmasks. The first ship was with a gas free guaranteed conning towers was the modernized Warspite.(1)
Note
1. Of the Queen Elizabeth-class battleships. Pennant 03. Laid down at the HMD Dockyard Devonport, England on 31 October 1912, launched on 26 November 1913, commissioned on 8 March 1915, modernized in 1924 and March 1934-March 1937, decommissioned on 1 February 1945,while underway to be broken up run aground at Prussian Cove around 19 April 1947. Efforts to salvage her in 1950 were not successful and after she was finally beached off St. Michael’s Mount {Marazion, England] and there broken up.
