BBC News | UK | Images from the deep: Wreck of HMS Hood
Jul 24, 2001 · 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...
BBC News | UK | Wreck of HMS Hood found
Jul 24, 2001 · HMS Hood, which was the pride of Britain's fleet in its hey-day, was sunk in May 1941 by German ship the Bismarck, killing 1,415 men. The remains, which include substantial portions of the ship's...
HMS Hood - Wikipedia
HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built during the First World War.
To this day, the cause of the sinking of the HMS Hood during the …
The battlecruiser HMS Hood, launched in 1918. She was sunk under still-unexplained circumstances with substantial loss of life. The Germans had picked up the sighting report from Suffolk and advised their own high command.
HMS Hood | History, Sinking, Explosion, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 21, 2024 · The HMS Hood was a British battle cruiser that was destroyed during World War II in the Battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941. Its sinking, which led to the deaths of all but 3 of a crew of 1,418, remains the single greatest loss of life in Royal Navy history.
Bell of Sunken WWII Battlecruiser HMS Hood Recovered From …
Aug 10, 2015 · The bell of World War II battlecruiser HMS Hood, sunk in May 1941 by German warship Bismarck, was recovered by a team led by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen.
The Sinking of HMS Hood: How the Hunt for the Bismarck Turned …
May 26, 2024 · In the early morning hours of May 24, 1941, the most famous warship in the world met its end in a catastrophic naval duel that shocked the world. In just 10 minutes of fire and thunder, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, was ripped apart by the guns of the German battleship Bismarck and disappeared beneath the waves of ...
HMS Hood: Mighty Then, Mighty Now - YouTube
A film marking the 80th anniversary year of the loss of HMS Hood in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, linking the sailors of today’s Royal Navy with their fo...
How the Hunt for the Bismarck Lead to the Sinking of HMS Hood
May 24, 2021 · HMS Hood was revered as the world’s most powerful warship for more than 20 years – earning its nickname ‘The Mighty Hood’. Yet in May 1941, during the battle of the Denmark Strait in the North Atlantic, it was struck near its ammunition magazines by shells from the German battleship Bismarck.
'How I discovered HMS Hood and other famous shipwrecks'
Oct 6, 2017 · Shipwreck hunter David Mearns discovered the mighty HMS Hood and vessels the world thought lost forever. He tells Rob Hastings why they all mean so much. When David Mearns’ sonar waves hit...