A choice that may bite KDKW in the behind down the road. Competently multilingual VAs don't grow on trees.
EDIT: Wonder how she'll end up looking in Arcade or in fan comics. Goya is the only other seated shipgirl as far as I know and her machinery just goes off to elsewhere when she sorties.
So, how long before art of her tut-tutting over her WSG counterpart's flasher tendencies?
Before the event I was kinda worried whether her design would be as beautiful as that in WG. Now I'm completely undecided. (The design aspects of QEs in both games show some resemblance, though...)
As for performance... well, who'd hate a ship whose luck surpasses even Yukikaze's?
I know nothing about her or her history but I expect a detailed comment explaining all that in the future.
What I do know is that she's super pretty and I can't wait to see what the artists do with her.
Basically one of the most decorated battleships ever built, fought in the first and second world wars, fought at Jutland, provided shelling support for Normandy, and was hit by everything from the first battleship cannons to the world's first guided missile. And she still kept on trucking despite being through the wringer multiple times.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone started drawing her in a wheelchair or if her riggings were permanent, considering how Jutland messed up her rudder and she just wasn't the same after that battle.
I think it's better if she speaks English and then Japanese retaining the same meaning of the sentence, like Anastasia did with Russian language in Cinderella Girls, albeit her lines are short most of the time.
I know nothing about her or her history but I expect a detailed comment explaining all that in the future.
What I do know is that she's super pretty and I can't wait to see what the artists do with her.
Launched in 1913 (only a year after Kongou), HMS Warspite is basically the most decorated battleship in the Royal Navy, serving during the First World War. Given the moniker "Grand Old Lady", she's been around the world fighting on the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, and fought and survived the Second World War.
Sorry, accidentally voted down your comment when trying to respond.
Anyway Iowa speaks in very... BAD English. It's like Kongou-tier but more noticeable since she speaks in more English phrases than Kongou, if you can wrap your head around that.
But this new shipgirl has surprisingly amazing English... besides that mangled "admiral" but hacing a score of 90% is better than most other "English" speakers could claim.
Now to see if that can carry over in all of her lines...
The things she endured throughout her career puts Yamato to shame. Got hit with countless amount of bombs including the dreaded Fritz-X and lives.Unfortunately her career ended in sad manner( unless your logic says scrapping = honourable discharge).
Basically one of the most decorated battleships ever built, fought in the first and second world wars, fought at Jutland, provided shelling support for Normandy, and was hit by everything from the first battleship cannons to the world's first guided missile. And she still kept on trucking despite being through the wringer multiple times.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone started drawing her in a wheelchair or if her riggings were permanent, considering how Jutland messed up her rudder and she just wasn't the same after that battle.
LoweGear said:
Launched in 1913 (only a year after Kongou), HMS Warspite is basically the most decorated battleship in the Royal Navy, serving during the First World War. Given the moniker "Grand Old Lady", she's been around the world fighting on the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, and fought and survived the Second World War.
She also delivered a hard thwack to Giulio Cesare at the Battle of Calabria over a distance of 24k metres, one of the longest-range naval artillery hits in history. Though to be fair, the Italian almost hit her just before Warspite did.
The things she endured throughout her career puts Yamato to shame. Got hit with countless amount of bombs including the dreaded Fritz-X and lives.Unfortunately her career ended in sad manner( unless your logic says scrapping = honourable discharge).
She fought till her last breath and died on her own terms. As they were towing her to the breaker's yard in April 1947, she said "bollocks to that!", cut her own tow cable and eventually came to rest in beautiful Prussia Cove. She stubbornly thwarted all attempts to refloat her in 1950, even kicking an unfortunate salvage boat right in the engine room, and they were forced to scrap her in situ after she beached herself on St Micheal's Mount.
She fought till her last breath and died on her own terms. As they were towing her to the breaker's yard in April 1947, she said "bollocks to that!", cut her own tow cable and eventually came to rest in beautiful Prussia Cove. She stubbornly thwarted all attempts to refloat her in 1950, even kicking an unfortunate salvage boat right in the engine room, and they were forced to scrap her in situ after she beached herself on St Micheal's Mount.
Now to see if that can carry over in all of her lines...
Listened to a nico video of her lines. Her english is legitimately S-rank, and it's a cute voice too. Her "sweet dreams!" At night is definitely a heart-stopper line.
The only thing betraying her english is her AdmIral, which is said like that in almost every line of hers.
Listened to a nico video of her lines. Her english is legitimately S-rank, and it's a cute voice too. Her "sweet dreams!" At night is definitely a heart-stopper line.
The only thing betraying her english is her AdmIral, which is said like that in almost every line of hers.
And I swear she's doing this on purpose just to mess with us so I'm willing to let it slide.
Holy hand grenades! She has the voice of an angle! And a competent english speaker no less!
I'm mad jelly. Kongou was forgivable because her english was little more than a shtick, but Iowa was simply inexcusable. Finally we have a character speaking the language (mostly) properly. Sets the bar frighteningly high, though. It's highly unlikely any additional english speaking ships will sound so good.
BTW: To those here more familiar, do the Italian and German ships butcher their respective languages as much as Kongou and Iowa do english, or do they fare somewhat better?
So what you're saying, Warspite's better at English than most of us here...?
Or at least, it's proper "old" English =P
Probably why some people think the seiyuu was an Aussie or Aussie-educated. Down there they kept a lot of "I" sounds in words that were lost or softened in the Mother Country.
They DID lower her in the water so she doesnt take cringe level citadel hits anymore.
Now waiting for the notion that all the battleships present greatly respect Warspite because of her very impressive creds and she'll probably be telling stories of her runs (Kongou, the Fusous and Ises may probably relate due to being WWI ships) with Libeccio eagerly listening whilst Pola and Zara feel a bit... awkward... after that silly moment during Matapan.
Probably why some people think the seiyuu was an Aussie or Aussie-educated. Down there they kept a lot of "I" sounds in words that were lost or softened in the Mother Country.
Which explains why some fans are speculating its actually Bridcut, aka Kumano and Suzuya's VA. While devs have hired newer seiyuus for their new girls, they also have shown they can also call those who already worked on KC before (like Kawasumi for Kamikaze).
Believe it or not, that is proper pronunciation, if you go back to the 18th century. From a 1790 dictionary: http://i.imgur.com/4UlI6Q0.png
Repeating what I said:
[3:23:53 PM] jusu (danbooru account): hmm [3:25:33 PM] jusu (danbooru account): would it have to do that the fact there has been a warspite for 5 or so centuries now? [3:26:06 PM] jusu (danbooru account): which ship was the one that earned the most honors? [3:30:50 PM] jusu (danbooru account): the warspite that ensured there was always a warspite in the navy, was the second one yes? [3:31:09 PM] jusu (danbooru account): looking at the wiki she has the most honours until the seventh [3:31:49 PM] jusu (danbooru account): which would be closer to the 1790 pronounciation than the 1940s one [3:32:13 PM] jusu (danbooru account): and either a little bit of that history is imprinted onto the kanmusu or she's upholding the honours of her predecessor
I actually have heard from an english test cassette (yes old magnetic roll cassete) when I was going to english lesson class, a pronunciation of 'r' with deep 'er' so I'm not really thinking hers is weird. I'm pretty sure there are a lot ppl still using somewhat similar pronunciation these days, we might just don't meet them much
Holy hand grenades! She has the voice of an angle! And a competent english speaker no less!
I'm mad jelly. Kongou was forgivable because her english was little more than a shtick, but Iowa was simply inexcusable. Finally we have a character speaking the language (mostly) properly. Sets the bar frighteningly high, though. It's highly unlikely any additional english speaking ships will sound so good.
BTW: To those here more familiar, do the Italian and German ships butcher their respective languages as much as Kongou and Iowa do english, or do they fare somewhat better?
In WoWs she's a tanky, tough old girl and quite worthy of the original ship's rep in the right hands.
Speaking of which, why does nobody seem concerned about Aoba's toughness? Everyone (including the devs) just treats her as nothing more than an annoying paparazza, but the New Orleans sisters strongly disagree. In fact, Warships Girls respects the ships' history better in this regard. I mean, Aoba bullying Quincy and all.
Believe it or not, that is proper pronunciation, if you go back to the 18th century. From a 1790 dictionary: http://i.imgur.com/4UlI6Q0.png
That "y" with the "I" on top was used to transcribe the /i/ vowel, like the "ee" in "see".
Older pronunciation would be AED-mee-raehl. (note that the 1790 dictionary also indicates stress on the first syllable with the apostrophe). Modern ones would be AED-muh-ruhl (most UK pronunciations including RP) or AED-muhrl (most US pronunciations including General American). The unstressed 'ee' sound became reduced to a schwa ('uh') as time went on (this occurs way less often in RP compared to GA, so "admiral" is notable in that even RP turns the 'ee' into 'uh').
SumeragiAkeiko said:
Or at least, it's proper "old" English =P
Probably why some people think the seiyuu was an Aussie or Aussie-educated. Down there they kept a lot of "I" sounds in words that were lost or softened in the Mother Country.
Australians (and other Southern Hemisphere English dialects like New Zealand and South African) have a greater tendency to merge 'ee' with 'uh'(that's why they're stereotyped for having lazy vowels, especially to a RP speaker). Another common feature is a tendency to pronounce /ei/ sounds (like the 'ay' in 'day') as /aei/ or /ai/ (so, "good die" instead of "good day") instead.
As seen above, /ae/ is sometimes straight up pronounced as /a/ (the broad or long 'ah' sound found in 'father', which is also how 'a's are pronounced in Japanese).
If the seiyuu were Aussie or Aussie-educated, I would expect her to pronounce it "AED-muh-ruhl" or "AHD-muh-ruhl" instead of "aed-MAI-rahl".
(I haven't been to Australia or New Zealand, so if any Anzac speakers @Paracite could verify this I would be much obliged.)
In any case, the weirdness comes not from the 'incorrect' vowel (because native English speakers pronounce their vowels in some many ways depending on regional dialects), but the movement of the pronunciation stress to the second syllable.
With all that said though, Warspite's voice lines are still damned good English, regardless.
WhiteCrow said:
Speaking of which, why does nobody seem concerned about Aoba's toughness? ...
That would require acknowledging said reputation for toughness came at the expense of the members of the Aoba Victims' Club. Like sending Fubuki straight to her death.
Trust me, she got off lucky with the "War Correspondent" portrayal.
Speaking of which, why does nobody seem concerned about Aoba's toughness? Everyone (including the devs) just treats her as nothing more than an annoying paparazza, but the New Orleans sisters strongly disagree. In fact, Warships Girls respects the ships' history better in this regard. I mean, Aoba bullying Quincy and all.
because she was "tough" in a way similiar to someone wandering into traffic and being hit by a truck, and surviving with crippling injuries is. Yeah she managed to scrap by a number of times, but it often seemed more by blind luck and at the expense of others then due to any skill on her part. She was a survivor, but not much of a fighter... because she was constantly being mauled and having to be repaired until finally she was so messed up she couldn't even BE repaired effectively anymore. (Savo was her ONE moment and even then the other ships did more then she did)
I mean just look at quick summary: -Mauled and cost several other ships their lives when she fucks up at Cape Esperance, spends the better part of six months out of action -Barely over a month after returning to the forward area she's hit by bomber while in port, her torpedoes explode and she actually sinks, but is beached and refloated. She's gone for about eight months this time, between this damage and the shells tearing up her engine at Esperance her speed is permanently reduced. This basically reduces her to escort duties which she undertakes out of Singapore into 1944. -Manages to collide with Kinu though the damage was minor luckily -But then promptly wanders into a submarine torpedo later that month and is crippled again, then is bombed while they're trying to repair the damage in the forward area -They send her off with Kumano and a convoy cause she's clearly boned if she stays, she manages to escape mostly via the swarm of submarines that attack all going for the larger ship and crippling her -Manages to limp back to Japan, but is so fucked up by this point she's deemed beyond economical repair and is declared a reserve ship.
Yeah she survived allot of damage, but it's not like that damage was coming from being engaged in important battles or pitched actions.
because she was "tough" in a way similiar to someone wandering into traffic and being hit by a truck, and surviving with crippling injuries is. Yeah she managed to scrap by a number of times, but it often seemed more by blind luck and at the expense of others then due to any skill on her part. She was a survivor, but not much of a fighter... because she was constantly being mauled and having to be repaired until finally she was so messed up she couldn't even BE repaired effectively anymore. (Savo was her ONE moment and even then the other ships did more then she did)
I mean just look at quick summary: -Mauled and cost several other ships their lives when she fucks up at Cape Esperance, spends the better part of six months out of action -Barely over a month after returning to the forward area she's hit by bomber while in port, her torpedoes explode and she actually sinks, but is beached and refloated. She's gone for about eight months this time, between this damage and the shells tearing up her engine at Esperance her speed is permanently reduced. This basically reduces her to escort duties which she undertakes out of Singapore into 1944. -Manages to collide with Kinu though the damage was minor luckily -But then promptly wanders into a submarine torpedo later that month and is crippled again, then is bombed while they're trying to repair the damage in the forward area -They send her off with Kumano and a convoy cause she's clearly boned if she stays, she manages to escape mostly via the swarm of submarines that attack all going for the larger ship and crippling her -Manages to limp back to Japan, but is so fucked up by this point she's deemed beyond economical repair and is declared a reserve ship.
Yeah she survived allot of damage, but it's not like that damage was coming from being engaged in important battles or pitched actions.
okay, maybe I was being rather ambiguous. I mean not only in physical resilience or luck, but also in terms of battle stars.
because she was "tough" in a way similiar to someone wandering into traffic and being hit by a truck, and surviving with crippling injuries is. Yeah she managed to scrap by a number of times, but it often seemed more by blind luck and at the expense of others then due to any skill on her part. She was a survivor, but not much of a fighter... because she was constantly being mauled and having to be repaired until finally she was so messed up she couldn't even BE repaired effectively anymore. (Savo was her ONE moment and even then the other ships did more then she did)
I mean just look at quick summary: -Mauled and cost several other ships their lives when she fucks up at Cape Esperance, spends the better part of six months out of action -Barely over a month after returning to the forward area she's hit by bomber while in port, her torpedoes explode and she actually sinks, but is beached and refloated. She's gone for about eight months this time, between this damage and the shells tearing up her engine at Esperance her speed is permanently reduced. This basically reduces her to escort duties which she undertakes out of Singapore into 1944. -Manages to collide with Kinu though the damage was minor luckily -But then promptly wanders into a submarine torpedo later that month and is crippled again, then is bombed while they're trying to repair the damage in the forward area -They send her off with Kumano and a convoy cause she's clearly boned if she stays, she manages to escape mostly via the swarm of submarines that attack all going for the larger ship and crippling her -Manages to limp back to Japan, but is so fucked up by this point she's deemed beyond economical repair and is declared a reserve ship.
Yeah she survived allot of damage, but it's not like that damage was coming from being engaged in important battles or pitched actions.
Thanks for the details
So that is to say, from your description, the Warspite seemed always ready to be on the battlefield even when she was on the wheelchair? Maybe this is why she is sitting in the CG?
So that is to say, from your description, the Warspite seemed always ready to be on the battlefield even when she was on the wheelchair? Maybe this is why she is sitting in the CG?
Her sitting seems to be far more of a reference to being a member of the Queen Elizabeth class of battleship. Her very pose, arm positions, and held items resemble those of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation pictures.
So that is to say, from your description, the Warspite seemed always ready to be on the battlefield even when she was on the wheelchair? Maybe this is why she is sitting in the CG?
It's more like Aoba is the IJN equivalent of Mister Bean, if you go by the Freddie Sakazaki portrayal of her gaffes, or Norman Dike, if you watched Band of Brothers, as in most of her calls and decisions have gotten fellows killed. It's a very stark contrast compared to Warspite who was just plain stubborn, like a pro boxer who would take terrible punishment and still is able to sting the opposition very bad. Lady survived the two World Wars after all.
Stripey was the Warspite's Ship's Cat. She born onboard in 1939 and stayed until Warspite's decommissioning. We just might see her in future Warspite artwork.
She survived Jutland....The Battleship battle. She survived being the center of attention as she circled with a rudder jam and was hit at least 13 times while circling. She got 150 holes that day and her rudder was never quite right again. She later tried to ram a U-boat that missed her on the way home.
She spent much of the rest of World War One being repaired, or getting into accidents that caused her to need repairs. Before Jutland, she had run aground. She ran into her sister ship, Barham, in an exercise. After Jutland she ran into another of her sister ships, Valiant, in a night exercise. Collided with a destroyer. Was rocked by an exploding St. Vincent-class Vanguard one night at port. She tried to chase down the High Sea's Fleet in 1918, but it was a fruitless chase.
At war's end she escorted the High Sea's Fleet to Scapa Flow for internment.
Warspite was massively rebuilt in the 1930s and was more or less a new ship after that (sort of like the Kongo's but not as drastic.
Ooh, I see someone's added the 'holy hand grenade' tag. As v571866 pointed out, that is probably NOT the holy grenade. I think this tag can wait for fanarts in which it actually works like that. (Unless the devs decided to go crazy and just not care whatever they put inside the game, which might be the case since I don't see how exchanging artillery while in swimsuits inspite the least bit of seriousness.)
because she was "tough" in a way similiar to someone wandering into traffic and being hit by a truck, and surviving with crippling injuries is. Yeah she managed to scrap by a number of times, but it often seemed more by blind luck and at the expense of others then due to any skill on her part. She was a survivor, but not much of a fighter... because she was constantly being mauled and having to be repaired until finally she was so messed up she couldn't even BE repaired effectively anymore. (Savo was her ONE moment and even then the other ships did more then she did)
I mean just look at quick summary: -Mauled and cost several other ships their lives when she fucks up at Cape Esperance, spends the better part of six months out of action -Barely over a month after returning to the forward area she's hit by bomber while in port, her torpedoes explode and she actually sinks, but is beached and refloated. She's gone for about eight months this time, between this damage and the shells tearing up her engine at Esperance her speed is permanently reduced. This basically reduces her to escort duties which she undertakes out of Singapore into 1944. -Manages to collide with Kinu though the damage was minor luckily -But then promptly wanders into a submarine torpedo later that month and is crippled again, then is bombed while they're trying to repair the damage in the forward area -They send her off with Kumano and a convoy cause she's clearly boned if she stays, she manages to escape mostly via the swarm of submarines that attack all going for the larger ship and crippling her -Manages to limp back to Japan, but is so fucked up by this point she's deemed beyond economical repair and is declared a reserve ship.
Yeah she survived allot of damage, but it's not like that damage was coming from being engaged in important battles or pitched actions.
Then you could say the same of Shigure who kept being the luck vampire for those she was with too, like in the Curbstomp of Vella Gulf or the Slaughter of Surigao Strait.
Then you could say the same of Shigure who kept being the luck vampire for those she was with too, like in the Curbstomp of Vella Gulf or the Slaughter of Surigao Strait.
The small difference is that Shigure NEVER pulled a WARE AOBA . IIRC, at Vella Gulf, the torpedo that hit her was a dud. While at Surigao, the Americans shot at the biggest target on spotted by their radars, Yamashiro. It's hardly Shigure's fault in both cases.
The most decorated warship in the Royal Navy...and yet first time I've heard about this.
Most of the documentaries I have seen on WWII Europe was all about the big land and air battles. Seemed like the Navies, American and British didn't get the press of the Pacific side.
Sorry, accidentally voted down your comment when trying to respond.
Anyway Iowa speaks in very... BAD English. It's like Kongou-tier but more noticeable since she speaks in more English phrases than Kongou, if you can wrap your head around that.
But this new shipgirl has surprisingly amazing English... besides that mangled "admiral" but hacing a score of 90% is better than most other "English" speakers could claim.
Now to see if that can carry over in all of her lines...
Ad-my-ral is actually 18th century English was spoke by British seaman and marine. Current admiral is modern pronounce. The only thing she can't pronounce is Fusou (sound like Soo), and Roma is a bit off.
Ad-my-ral is actually 18th century English was spoke by British seaman and marine. Current admiral is modern pronounce. The only thing she can't pronounce is Fusou (sound like Soo), and Roma is a bit off.
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And if you're going by the image harped upon on Reddit and provided by Sumeragi earlier, it is from the "A complete dictionary of the English language, : both with regard to sound and meaning" by Thomas Sheridan, Volume I (1790 edition). Page ix indicates clearly that "y" in the pronunciation guide indicates a short 'ee' sound. The diphtong 'ai' is indicated by "i" with a 2 over it (2nd sound of i) instead, as indicated on Page iii of the same book.
The pronunciation entry for 'admiral' is /a(1)d'-my(1)-ra(1)l'/. This is pronounced as "ÆD-mee-ræl" (æ is like the a in hat), with the ee being short, with stress on the first syllable.
Compare this to the pronunciation entry for 'admire' (on the SAME FRIGGIN' page, really), which is indicated as /a(1)d-mi(2)'re/. This is pronounced as "æd-MAI-uh". The location of the stress is even completely different.
And if you're going by the image harped upon on Reddit and provided by Sumeragi earlier, it is from the "A complete dictionary of the English language, : both with regard to sound and meaning" by Thomas Sheridan, Volume I (1790 edition). Page ix indicates clearly that "y" in the pronunciation guide indicates a short 'ee' sound. The diphtong 'ai' is indicated by "i" with a 2 over it (2nd sound of i) instead, as indicated on Page iii of the same book.
The pronunciation entry for 'admiral' is /a(1)d'-my(1)-ra(1)l'/. This is pronounced as "ÆD-mee-ræl" (æ is like the a in hat), with the ee being short, with stress on the first syllable.
Compare this to the pronunciation entry for 'admire' (on the SAME FRIGGIN' page, really), which is indicated as /a(1)d-mi(2)'re/. This is pronounced as "æd-MAI-uh". The location of the stress is even completely different.
I found my danbooru password just to comment on this.
There has been historical references to the term "Admiral." The easiest example is Malory's Morte D'Arthur (1400ish), an example of which can be seen here.
And then Sir Launcelot with such knights as he had, and men of war to the number of ten thousand, put them in array, and met with them, and fought with them manly, and slew and cut to pieces many of the Romans, and slew many knights and admirals of the party of the Romans and Saracens.
Admiral here would have been pronounced Ad-mi/yr-ral, like the arabic term "Emir," which is what we think one potential source for where the word comes from. Exactly whether it's really from Latin or French, the jury's still seriously out, but I've gotten curious and looked through both Webster's 1824 edition and an early 19th century dictionary. The pronunciation is the same as the modern one. If anyone can provide a source for that British pronunciation, I'd love to see it too.
I think it's easier to interpret this as an honest mistake on the VA's part. An honest, non-critical guess on my part is that someone who doesn't know what Admiral is supposed to sound sees the "I' and assume it's pronounced -ai, like the letter sound. Listening to the rest of her speech, listen to how she slurs some words together or the infection on certain words such as "angry" or "later." Those certainly don't sound like native English (American English, from my PoV) from my perspective, but again, this is only one opinion.
It doesn't detract at all from the overall great quality of the voice acting, but I think the evidence here is much more suggestive of a small error rather than some hidden depth of brilliance.
I think it's easier to interpret this as an honest mistake on the VA's part. An honest, non-critical guess on my part is that someone who doesn't know what Admiral is supposed to sound sees the "I' and assume it's pronounced -ai, like the letter sound.
Just like the confusion over if "Milo" should be pronounced as "my-lo" or "me-lo" in Malaysia in the older generation. This often happens when you are not very well versed in that language and tried to read an unfamiliar word, especially if that language have multiple ways to pronounce.
Just like the confusion over if "Milo" should be pronounced as "my-lo" or "me-lo" in Malaysia in the older generation. This often happens when you are not very well versed in that language and tried to read an unfamiliar word, especially if that language have multiple ways to pronounce.
Shit gonna be fun when it gonna be French's turn. With all dem accents, and mute consonants and vowels.
I know nothing about her or her history but I expect a detailed comment explaining all that in the future.
What I do know is that she's super pretty and I can't wait to see what the artists do with her.
Construction: Queen Elizabeth class battleship, first British ships with the 15" guns.
Nickname: Grand Old Lady, received from Admiral Cunningham CinC ANXF on 18th July 1943 thanks to message 'Operation well carried out. There is no question when the old lady lifts her skirts she can run.'
Battle honours: Jutland 1916 - Engaged German High Seas Fleet as part of battle line. Took 15 hits from 12" and 11" guns to moderate effect (speed temporarily limited to 16kts, restored by DC to 22kts after action; thrust bearing damage permanently affecting steering engine). Engaged and possibly hit KM BB Lutzow (later scuttled). Attracted fire from GER BB line, preventing HMS Warrior from being taking further hits (Warrior later abandoned).
Atlantic 1939 - Escort duty, as you might expect.
Narvik 1940 + Norway 1940 - Sank U-64 with Fairey Swordfish L9767 (Only recorded instance of BB spotter plane sinking SS, 2nd instance of BB sinking SS after USS New York). Hit Z13 Erich Koellner (scuttled), Z17 Diether von Roeder (scuttled), Z12 Erich Giese (sunk by DD).
Calabria 1940 - Hit BB Giulio Cesare at 24+ km, arguably longest recorded hit by BB to date.
Taranto 1940 - Escort duty for fleet.
Cape Matapan 1941 - Sank RN CA Fiume, heavy damage to RN CA Zara (later sunk by HMS Jervis), disabled DD Vittorio Alfieri (later sunk by HMS Stuart), disabled DD Giosué Carducci (later sunk by HMS Havock)
Crete 1941 - Hit by 250 KG SAP from Bf109 of 111/Jg 77; lost part of starboard 6", damage to a boiler room, speed reduced to 18kts. Provided medical assistance to HMS Orion.
Indian Ocean 1942-1943 - Convoy and fleet escort duties.
Mediterranean 1943-1944 + Salerno 1943 + Sicily 1943 - Bombarded Catania during 8th Army attack. Bombarded + provided NGFS at Reggio assault. Provided NFGS at Salerno. Escorted RN vessels after Italian surrender. Hit by 1x and near-missed by 2x FX 1400 glider bombs, lost all power + X and Y turrets, permanent loss of X turret and No. 4 boiler room.
Normandy 1944 + English Channel 1944 + Biscay 1944 + Walcheren 1944 - Provided NFGS at Normandy (Sword Beach incl. Villerville & Franceville). Hit influence mine near Harwich, lost all propulsion, 1 permanently. Provided NFGS at Le Havre + Westkapelle.
Which makes a certain amount of sense, if you take into account both the lineage of the name (which others have remarked on) and the fact that the Queen Elizabeth the 1914 battleship class was named after was the first Queen Elizabeth, 1533-1603 (r. 1558-1603). After all, neither of the two later Queens Elizabeth had happened yet--the younger hadn't been born, and the elder wouldn't be queen consort until her husband became King George VI in 1936.
