Warspite Rock

Warspite Rock (50˚05'00" 125˚18'00" Discovery Passage, E of Middle Point, just N of Campbell R). In proud hydrographic tradition, this hazard was named after the ship that first struck it—in this case HMS Warspite, a 96-m, 7,620-tonne armoured cruiser that served as flagship at Esquimalt in 1890–93 and 1899–1902. The vessel, under Capt Hedworth Lambton, was returning to base after making a journey around Vancouver I in 1892 when the accident, which was not serious, occurred. The...

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