How Battlecruiser HMS Hood Was Sunk by Hitler's Best Battleship 19FortyFive

On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank with the loss of all but 3 of her crew of 1,418. Due to her publicly perceived invincibility, the loss affected British morale. The RN conducted two inquiries into the reasons for the ship's quick demise.

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Video This color footage is from happier days when she sailed the seas with perceived impunity in June 1939. HMS Hood and other ships in color! Here is some extremely cool color footage of HMS Hood, the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. She was the only one of the Admiral-class

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The wreck of British battleship HMS Hood has been discovered, 60 years after she was sunk in a WWII naval battle. The ship went down with the loss of 1,415 men when she was shelled in the icy.

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H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: H.M.S. Hood Today - The Wreck of H.M.S. Hood in 2001 H.M.S. Hood Today Photos of the Wreck of H.M.S. Hood in 2001 Updated 15-Jan-2021 Contained herein, are many photos of the wreck of H.M.S. Hood as it appeared at the bottom of the Denmark Strait in 2001.

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Mon 23 Jul 2001 21.31 EDT An expedition has found the wreck of the HMS Hood, the pride of the Royal Navy, which was sunk in one of the greatest naval battles of the second world war. The team.

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H.M.S. Hood Today Photos of the Wreck of H.M.S. Hood in 2001 Updated 21-Nov-2018 Contained herein, are many photos of the wreck of H.M.S. Hood as it appeared at the bottom of the Denmark Strait in 2001.

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Contained herein, are many photos of the wreck of H.M.S. Hood as it appeared at the bottom of the Denmark Strait in 2001. We owe a special debt of gratitude to our friend David L. Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries Ltd, for generously allowing us to post these photos here.

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By William J. Jurens HMS Hood by Edward Tufnell, RN (Retired). Introduction "Sketch by Captain J.C. Leach, M.V.O., Royal Navy, showing the appearance and position of the explosion which destroyed the ship as seen from H.M.S. Prince of Wales at a distance of 4 Cables" ADM 116/4351, pp. 40. HMS Hood. Date of Photograph unknown.

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The wreck of HMS Hood lies at 3,000 metres in Denmark Strait LONDON, England -- An undersea expedition has discovered the wreck of the Royal Navy battle cruiser HMS Hood which sank 60 years ago.

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A pair of boots lying where their owner fell in 1941. This is a very powerful reminder of the human element of this tragedy.1,415 lives lost and countless others affected. What appears to be a section of deck rising vertically in the foreground. You can see panels of corticene (a kind of linoleum) along with retaining strips.

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By Mark Simmons. The British Admiralty Board of Enquiry into the loss of the battlecruiser HMS Hood, presided over by Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, concluded, "The sinking of Hood was due to a hit from Bismarck's 15-inch shell in or adjacent to Hood's 4-inch or 15-inch magazines, causing them to explode and wreck the after part of the ship."

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Megan Eckstein August 10, 2015 4:15 PM Screen grab of the ship's bell of HMS Hood plucked from the ocean floor on Aug 7, 2015. In May 1941, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood chased down the German battleship Bismarck in an attempt to protect the flow of American supplies to Great Britain.

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H.M.S. Hood sank at @0600 hours, 24 May 1941, whilst engaged in battle against the German warships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. All but 3 of her compliment of 1,418 crewmen went down with the ship. It was the single worst Royal Navy ship loss of the Second World War.

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1. Memories of HMS Hood HMS Hood's 15'' guns. Photo: The News archive Photo Sales 2. Memories of HMS Hood How the other half lived, the wardroom of HMS Hood in 1910. Photo: The News.

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1. Memories of Royal Navy ship HMS Hood 5th May 1941: The last picture of HMS Hood seen from HMS Prince of Wales as she went into action against the German battleship 'Bismarck'. (Photo.