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Ironically, Hood was killed when his ship HMS Invincible suffered an explosion resulting from a hit to the forward magazine, similar to the hit that would doom HMS Hood. [101] There is a second inscription on the side of the bell that reads "In accordance with the wishes of Lady Hood it was presented in memory of her husband to HMS Hood battle ...
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]
The Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Ontario off the coast of the U.S. state of New York.It protects 41 known historically significant shipwrecks spanning 200 years of American maritime history, as well as 19 potential shipwreck sites.
In 2012 McCartney worked alongside wreck hunter David Mearns on an archaeological investigation of the wreck of HMS Hood (51), sunk in 1941. This project was supported by philanthropist Paul Allen aboard his yacht Octopus. The expedition findings were featured in the Channel Four documentary, How the Bismarck sank HMS Hood. [10]
Briggs regularly told his story as a guest-speaker, lecturer, and subject of historical television and radio documentaries. In July 2001, Briggs visited the wreck site and released a plaque which commemorates the lost crew of the Hood. [9] He was co-author of a book on the subject, titled Flagship "Hood": The Fate of Britain's Mightiest Warship ...
A "group of very experienced technical divers" determined the site where they believe the Hawke sank, Lost in Waters Deep said. They dove to the wreck, which is about 360 feet underwater, on Aug. 11.
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
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 ...