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. The RN conducted …

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 …

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 …

2023年12月29日 · HMS Hood did not sink due to a “lucky hit” from the German battleship Bismarck, but as a result of catastrophic metal fatigue, a new paper suggests. The British …

2011年2月17日 · On the evening of 21 May 1941, battle cruisers HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales were ordered to leave Scapa Flow immediately and head for Iceland, from where they …

The sinking of H.M.S. Hood on Empire Day, 24th May 1941, resulted in the single largest loss of life for the Royal Navy during World War II: 1,415 were lost. There were no tangible traces of …

2014年8月13日 · HMS Hood was one of the fastest and most powerful warships in the world when she entered service in 1920. But when she sank in 1941, the Admiralty was left baffled as she …

2023年9月13日 · Hood’s bow reared up vertically surrounded by a blazing oil slick then sank below the waves, leaving just three of her ship’s company of 1,418 bobbing in the water …

2024年5月26日 · 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 …

2009年11月16日 · On May 24, 1941, Germany’s largest battleship, the Bismarck, sinks the pride of the British fleet, HMS Hood. The Bismarck was the most modern of Germany’s battleships, …