Warship Week

West Bridgford's Warship Week, aiming to adopt HMS Fury

Warship Weeks were British National savings campaigns during the Second World War, with the aim of a Royal Navy warship being adopted by a civil community.[1] During the early parts of the war, the Royal Navy not only had lost many capital ships but was facing increasing pressure to provide escorts for convoys in the Atlantic. While there was not a shortage of sailors, ships sunk by enemy action had to be replaced.[2]

The equivalent for the British Army was Salute the Soldier Week and the equivalent for the Royal Air Force was Wings for Victory Week.[3]

  1. ^ HMS TAKU (PDF), South Holland District Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-22
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference godfreydykes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Wings for Victory". Thirsk Museum. Retrieved 2 January 2021.