Message 3 - The Hood, Posted on: 22 February 2004 by Frank Mee Researcher 241911. Hello Petersyms, She was a Battle Cruiser of course you are right. To us lads of the time she was a Battleship.

HMS Hood was avenged and it was a gallant end to the German warship. On May 27, ... As with her sister ship, she carried all her main armament forward of the superstructure.

Shortly after this I was drafted to HMS Hood, my first ship. ... Later the ship had to be fully ammunitioned, quite a task with the armament of 15” and 6” guns, ...

On May 24, 1941, HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood engaged the German ships in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Tragically, the British underestimated the German firepower, ...

Includes armour and armament, technical specifications, ... HMS Hood. Flagship Hood: The fate of Britain's mightiest warship by Alan Coles and Ted Briggs (Robert Hale, 1996) £12.99.

The battle cruiser HMS Hood during a dockyard refit. She served in World War II before she was sunk by the Bismarck on May 24, 1941. The shipwreck was located in 2001 -- the 60th anniversary of ...

HMS Hood: Devastating sinking of British flagship by German battleship Bismark and a heroic act of defiance should not be forgotten – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP. By Alex Cole-Hamilton.

Lady Hood launched Hood in 1918 in memory of her late husband Rear Admiral Sir Horace Hood, who was killed in his ship, HMS Invincible, at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. Hood was the final ...

HMS Hood: Devastating sinking of British flagship by German battleship Bismark and a heroic act of defiance should not be forgotten – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP. By Alex Cole-Hamilton.