Warship Wednesday 23 September 2026: With a Soaring Spirit

Here at LSOZI, we take a break every Wednesday to explore the old steam/diesel navies from 1833 to 1954, profiling a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places.- Christopher Eger If you enjoy my always ad-free Warship Wednesday content, you can support it by buying me a cup of joe at https://buymeacoffee.com/lsozi As Henk says: “Warship Coffee – no sugar, just a pinch of salt!” Warship Wednesday 23 September 2026: Photo by Phillip Oliver Hobson, AWM HOBJ0796 Above we see the aircraft repair ship and light aircraft carrier HMS Unicorn ( I72), or more specifically one of her four twin 4″/45 Mark XVI guns in a sponson Mark XIX mounting. A child of WWII, it was Unicorn’s aircraft that made the Germans howl off Salerno, but in September 1951, some 75 years ago this week, her guns made naval history off the coast of Korea. A Replenishment Carrier? In 1938, England knew she was stumbling headlong into a war with…