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HMS Hood Association. HMS Hood Today – Wreck Overview Description of the wreck state, and many annotated photographs. Books and Magazines; Official Records Pertaining to HMS Hood; Battle of the Denmark Strait Documentation Resource; Hunt for the Hood Includes colour photographs and a log of the expedition. HMS Hood 1920 Official Royal Navy page.
At the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the battlecruiser HMS Hood initially engaged Prinz Eugen, probably by mistake, while HMS Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck. In the ensuing battle Hood was destroyed by the combined fire of Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which then damaged Prince of Wales and forced her retreat. Bismarck suffered sufficient damage ...
The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a naval engagement in the Second World War, which took place on 24 May 1941 between ships of the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine.The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Hood fought the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to attack Allied ...
Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank with the loss of all but three of her crew of 1,418. The Royal Navy conducted two inquiries; both concluded that Hood 's aft magazine exploded after a shell penetrated her armour. Hood 's wreck was discovered in 2001. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battlecruisers of the ...
In May 1941, Hood was dispatched with HMS Prince of Wales to intercept the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark Straits. The German ship was 20 years newer and slightly larger than Hood. She had modern main armament and superior armour. [3] The battle-cruiser encountered Bismarck and engaged her at long range.
An extended television documentary entitled The Hunt for the Hood was produced from the expedition. [3] In 2012 Mearns led an expedition, filmed for a British television documentary entitled How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood, to re-visit the wreck of HMS Hood to facilitate study of the technical aspects of the warship's destruction. [4]
After sinking HMS Hood, Bismarck was pursued for two days by British ships and aircraft, and was eventually sunk by HMS Rodney, HMS King George V, HMS Norfolk, and HMS Dorsetshire 48°10′N 16°12′W / 48.167°N 16.200°W / 48.167; -16.200 ( German battleship
Bismarck ' s alarm sounded for the last time at 08:00 on the morning of 27 May 1941. Norfolk sighted the Bismarck at 08:15, and the battleship HMS Rodney opened fire on Bismarck at 08:48. Bismarck returned fire at 08:49. Further involved in the final battle were the battleship HMS King George V and the cruisers Norfolk and HMS Dorsetshire ...