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their ammunition hoists were removed in partial compensation.. A proposal was made to increase the armour over the forward magazines to 5 inches and 6 inches over the rear magazines in July 1919 in response to these trials. To compensate for the additional weight, the 4 midships above water torpedo tubes and the armour for the rear torpedo warheads were removed, and the armour for the aft torpedo-control tower was reduced in thickness from 6 to 1.5 inches (38 mm). However, the additional armour was never fitted pending further trials. As completed,
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4-inch fire-control director lies in the western debris field. The heavily armoured conning tower is located by itself, a distance from the main wreck. The amidships section, the biggest part of the wreck to survive the explosions, lies inverted south of the eastern debris field in a large impact crater. The starboard side of the amidships section is missing down to the inner wall of the fuel tanks and the plates of the hull are curling outward; this has been interpreted as indicating the path of the explosion through the starboard fuel tanks.
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break and that the location of the break just forward of the forward transverse armoured bulkhead suggests that the ship's structure failed there as a result of stresses inflicted when the bow was lifted into the vertical position by the sinking stern section. Furthermore, the current position of the plates at the edge of the break reflects only their last position, not the direction they had first moved.
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in 1924: The two forward gun turrets are visible with their prominent rangefinders projecting from the rear of the turret. Behind the turret is the conning tower surmounted by the main fire-control director with its own rangefinder. The secondary director is mounted on the roof of the spotting top on
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An extensive review of these theories (excepting that of
Preston) is given in Jurens's 1987 article. Its main conclusion is that the loss was almost certainly precipitated by the explosion of a 4-inch magazine, but that there are several ways this could have been initiated, although he rules out the
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and reported in
September 1941. This investigation was, in the words of one author, "much more thorough than was the first, taking evidence from a total of 176 eyewitnesses to the disaster", and examined both Goodall's theory and others (see below). The Board came to a conclusion almost identical to
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was widely regarded as one of the finest-looking warships ever built. She was also the largest warship afloat when she was commissioned, and retained that distinction for the next 20 years. Her size and powerful armament earned her the nickname of "Mighty Hood" and she came to symbolise the might of
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It was the opinion of Mearns and White who investigated the wreck that this was unlikely as the damage was far too limited in scale, nor could it account for the outwardly splayed plates also observed in that area. Bill Jurens points out that there was no magazine of any kind at the location of the
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s wreck lies on the seabed in pieces among two debris fields at a depth of about 2,800 metres (9,200 feet). The eastern field includes the small piece of the stern that survived the magazine explosion, as well as the surviving section of the bow and some smaller remains, such as the propellers. The
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The search team and equipment had to be organised within four months, to take advantage of a narrow window of calm conditions in the North
Atlantic. Organisation of the search was complicated by the presence on board of a documentary team and their film equipment, along with a television journalist
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was limited to her left outer propeller and an 18-inch (460 mm) dent, although some hull plates were knocked loose from the impact. Temporary repairs were made at
Gibraltar before the ship sailed to Portsmouth for permanent repairs between February and May 1935. The captains of both ships were
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showed that this shell could penetrate the ship's vitals via the 7-inch middle belt and the 2-inch slope of the main deck as a result 3-inch plating on the main deck over the slopes was added alongside the magazine spaces at a very late stage of construction and the four aftermost 5.5-inch guns and
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and thinned to 5 to 6 inches (127 to 152 mm) towards the ship's ends, but did not reach either the bow or the stern. The middle armour belt had a maximum thickness of 7 inches over the same length as the thickest part of the waterline armour and thinned to five inches abreast 'A' barbette. The
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that reached down into the magazine. Other historians have concentrated on the cause of the magazine explosion. The discovery of the ship's wreck in 2001 confirmed the conclusion of both boards, although the exact reason the magazines detonated is likely to remain unknown, since that portion of the
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propellant, which in turn ignited the cordite in the adjacent aft 15-inch magazine. Rapid expansion of the resulting combustion gases from the conflagration then caused structural failure, passing out through the sides of the ship as well as forward and upwards via the engine room vents, expelling
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s design. Most seriously, the deck protection was flawed—spread over three decks, it was designed to detonate an incoming shell on impact with the top deck, with much of the energy being absorbed as the exploding shell had to penetrate the armour of the next two decks. The development of effective
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deck ranged from 1.75 to 2 inches (44 to 51 millimetres) in thickness, while the upper deck was 2 inches (51 mm) thick over the magazines and 0.75 inches (19 mm) elsewhere. The main deck was 3 inches (76 mm) thick over the magazines and 1 inch (25 mm) elsewhere, except for the
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The fire on the boat deck penetrated to a magazine. Evidence given to the second board indicated that the doors for the 4-inch ammunition supply trunks were closed throughout the action. It remains possible that a door or trunk could have been opened up by an enemy shell, admitting flames to the
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The forward section lies on its port side, with the amidships section keel up. The stern section rises from the seabed at an angle. This position shows the rudder locked into a 20° port turn, confirming that orders had been given (just prior to the aft magazines detonating) to change the ship's
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received a hit of this type from a 15-inch shell, which travelled underwater for about 80 feet (24 m), struck about 28 feet (8.5 m) below the waterline, penetrated several light bulkheads and fetched up, without exploding, against the torpedo bulkhead. The second board considered this
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that ran the length of the ship between the fore and aft barbettes. It was divided into an empty outer compartment and an inner compartment filled with five rows of water-tight "crushing tubes" intended to absorb and distribute the force of an explosion. The bulge was backed by a 1.5-inch-thick
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was refitted at Malta in
November and December 1937, and had her submerged torpedo tubes removed. Captain Pridham was relieved by Captain Harold Walker on 20 May 1938 and he, in turn, was relieved when the ship returned to Portsmouth in January 1939 for an overhaul that lasted until 12 August.
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s Type 279 radar was indeed functional. The early-warning radar was of a modified type, known as Type 279M, the difference between this and Type 279 being the number of aerials. While Type 279 used two aerials, a transmitter and a receiver, the Type 279M used only a single transceiver aerial.
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It is further supposed that the small debris fields are the fragments from the aft hull where the magazines and turrets were located, since that section of the hull was totally destroyed in the explosion. The fact that the bow section separated just forward of 'A' turret is suggestive that a
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battleship 1891–1914 by the late Rear
Admiral, The Honourable Sir Horace Hood KCB, DSO, MVO killed at Jutland on 31st May 1916." 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
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in the 4-inch shell magazines. The same deflagration would have collapsed the bulkhead separating the 4-inch and 15-inch magazines, resulting very quickly in a catastrophic explosion similar to those previously witnessed at
Jutland. This theory was ultimately adopted by the board.
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The expedition also took the opportunity to re-film the wreck and survey her using techniques unavailable in 2001. As before, with the exception of the attempted retrieval of the ship's bell, a strict look-but-do not-touch policy was adhered to. The original attempt, sponsored by
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s 15-inch shells at the moment of the loss would not have exceeded about 14°, an angle so unfavourable to penetration of horizontal armour that it is actually off the scale of contemporaneous German penetration charts. Moreover, computer-generated profiles of
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made this scheme much less effective, as the intact shell would penetrate layers of weak armour and explode deep inside the ship. In addition, she was grossly overweight compared to her original design, making her a wet ship with a highly stressed structure.
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s fifth salvo, fired from a range of approximately 16,650 metres (18,210 yd) (or 10.3 mi.). A shell from this salvo appears to have hit the spotting top, as the boat deck was showered with body parts and debris. A huge jet of flame burst out of
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In
January 1941, the ship began a refit that lasted until March; even after the refit she was still in poor condition, but the threat from the German capital ships was such that she could not be taken into dock for a major overhaul until more of the
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and could not be used by the crew to wash and bathe or even to heat the mess decks during cold weather, as the steam pipes were too leaky. These problems also reduced her steam output so that she was unable to attain her designed speed.
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and living quarters through ventilation shafts. This characteristic earned her the nickname of "the largest submarine in the Navy". The persistent dampness, coupled with the ship's poor ventilation, was blamed for the high incidence of
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was located, with the rudder still in place, and it was found that this was set to port at the time of the explosion. Furthermore, a section of the bow immediately forward of 'A' turret is missing, which has led historian and former
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was due to be modernised in 1941 to bring her up to a standard similar to that of other modernised First World War-era capital ships. She would have received new, lighter turbines and boilers, a secondary armament of eight twin
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and other ships, to be in a better position to intercept a German invasion fleet. When the threat of an invasion diminished, the ship resumed her previous roles in convoy escort and patrolling against German commerce raiders.
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The ship was destroyed by the explosion of her own torpedoes. According to
Goodall's theory, the ship's torpedoes could have been detonated either by the fire raging on the boat deck or, more probably, by a direct hit from
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cruise, the catapult proved to be difficult to operate in anything but a calm sea, as it was frequently awash in bad weather. The catapult and crane were removed in 1932, along with the flying-off platform on 'B' turret.
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s protection, though adequate for the
Jutland era, was at best marginal against the new generation of 16-inch (406 mm) gunned capital ships that emerged soon after her completion in 1920, typified by the American
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in April 1942, almost a year after the Battle of the Denmark Strait. The container and its contents were subsequently lost, but its lid survived and was eventually presented to the Royal Navy shore establishment HMS
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at the time of the explosion. As noted above, this version of events was almost taken for granted at the time of the sinking. Doubt first arose as a result of eyewitness testimony that the explosion that destroyed
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occurred in mid-1916, that battle revealed serious flaws in her design, and despite drastic revisions she was completed four years later. For this reason, she was the only ship of her class to be completed, as the
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and equipped with a 15-foot (4.6 m) rangefinder. Each turret was also fitted with a 30-foot (9.1 m) rangefinder. The secondary armament was primarily controlled by directors mounted on each side of the
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Memorials to those who died are spread widely around the UK, and some of the crew are commemorated in different locations. One casualty, George David Spinner, is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval memorial, the
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gunnery radar were installed, although the Type 279 radar lacked its receiving aerial and was inoperable according to Roberts. An Admiralty document indicates however that, following the 1941 refit at Rosyth,
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to believe that "either just before or just after leaving the surface, the bow suffered massive internal damage from an internal explosion", possibly a partial detonation of the forward 15-inch magazines.
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show that a shell falling at this angle could not have reached an aft magazine without first passing through some part of the belt armour. On the other hand, the 12-inch belt could have been penetrated if
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The British squadron spotted the Germans at 05:37 (ship's clocks were set four hours ahead of local time—the engagement commenced shortly after dawn), but the Germans were already aware of their presence,
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The evidence of the wreck refutes Goodall's theory of a torpedo explosion, while the eyewitness evidence of venting from the 4-inch magazine prior to the main explosion conflicts with the theory that the
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continued this pattern of a winter training visit to the Mediterranean for the rest of the decade. Captain Harold Reinold relieved Captain im Thurn on 30 April 1925 and was relieved in turn by Captain
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were "surrounded by additional 4-inch (102 mm) anti-aircraft shells outside the armoured barbettes. Such unprotected stowage could have been detonated either by the boat-deck fire or by a shell from
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magazine. Alternative routes for admission of flame could have been the ventilation or venting arrangements of the magazines or, as Ted Briggs suggested, through the floor of a 15-inch gunhouse.
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2-inch-thick slope that met the bottom of the main belt. The lower deck was 3 inches thick over the propeller shafts, 2 inches thick over the magazines and 1 inch elsewhere.
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fitted along the upper deck and the forward shelter deck. This high position allowed them to be worked during heavy weather, as they were less affected by waves and spray compared with the
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Association, Mearns planned to return the bell to Portsmouth where it would form part of the first official and permanent memorial to the sacrifice of her last crew at the newly refitted
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s protection accounted for 33% of her displacement, a high proportion by British standards, but less than was usual in contemporary German designs (for example, 36% for the battlecruiser
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s shells penetrated the ship's armour. A second inquiry was held after complaints that the first board had failed to consider alternative explanations, such as an explosion of the ship's
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was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank with the loss of all but 3 of her crew of 1,418. Due to her publicly perceived invincibility, the loss affected British morale.
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s aft 15-inch guns in 1926, rotated to the extreme arc of their travel, covering the port bow quarter; firing in this position could cause blast damage to the deck and superstructure
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battle cruiser the ship she launched 22nd August 1918." In addition to the two inscriptions, the bell still wears vivid royal blue paint work on its crown as well as its interior.
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returned to Portsmouth for a brief refit between 26 June and 10 October 1936. She formally transferred to the Mediterranean fleet on 20 October, shortly after the beginning of the
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of their dependence on British sea power and encourage them to support it with money, ships, and facilities. They returned home 10 months later in September 1924, having visited
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in 1921 and 1922 to show the flag and to train with the Mediterranean fleet, before sailing on a cruise to Brazil and the West Indies in company with the battlecruiser squadron.
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The gun turrets and barbettes were protected by 11 to 15 inches (279 to 381 mm) of KC armour, except for the turret roofs, which were 5 inches thick. The decks were made of
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was completed, because the ships were very expensive and required labour and material that could be put to better use building merchant ships needed to replace those lost to the
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s Captain Sawbridge was relieved of command. The Admiralty dissented from the verdict, reinstated Sawbridge, and criticised Bailey for ambiguous signals during the manoeuvre.
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At the second board, expert witnesses suggested that what was observed was the venting, through the engine-room ventilators, of a violent—but not instantaneous—explosion or
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was assigned to the Home Fleet's Battlecruiser Squadron while still refitting. When war broke out later that year, she was employed principally to patrol in the vicinity of
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theory improbable, arguing that the fuse, had it worked at all, would have detonated the shell before it reached the ship. According to Jurens's calculations, one of
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was direct penetration of the protection by one or more 15-inch shells at a range of 16,500 yards , resulting in the explosion of one or more of the aft magazines.
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was officially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet until she had to return to Britain in 1939 for an overhaul. By this time, advances in naval gunnery had reduced
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aboard. The ship's complement varied widely over her career; in 1919, she was authorised 1,433 men as a squadron flagship; in 1934, she had 81 officers and 1,244
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was given a major refit from 1 May 1929 to 10 March 1931, and afterwards resumed her role as flagship of the battlecruiser squadron under the command of Captain
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460 on 1 September 1916. Following the loss of three British battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland, 5,000 tons of extra armour and bracing were added to
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s 4-inch or 15-inch magazines, causing them all to explode and wreck the after part of the ship. The probability is that the 4-inch magazines exploded first.
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from the vicinity of the mainmast, followed by a devastating magazine explosion that destroyed the aft part of the ship. This explosion broke the back of
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upon the refit's completion in mid-March. Unsuccessful, she was ordered to patrol the Bay of Biscay against any breakout attempt by the German ships from
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could have penetrated the side of the ship beneath the armour belt and would have detonated in the vicinity of the ship's magazines if the fuse worked.
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s machinery was in dire shape and limited her best speed to 26.5 knots (49.1 km/h; 30.5 mph); she was refitted between 4 April and 12 June.
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s turbines provided 151,280 shp (112,810 kW), which allowed her to reach 32.07 knots (59.39 km/h; 36.91 mph). She carried enough
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s boat deck, between her funnels, and started a large fire among the ready-use ammunition for the anti-aircraft guns and rockets of the UP mounts.
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remained the largest warship in the world for 20 years after her commissioning, and her prestige was reflected in her nickname, "The Mighty Hood".
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According to the testimony of Captain Leach, "... between one and two seconds after I formed that impression an explosion took place in the
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It has been suggested that the fatal fire spread from the aft end of the ship through the starboard fuel tanks, since the starboard side of
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boat deck fire or the detonation of her torpedoes as probable causes. In Jurens's opinion, the popular image of plunging shells penetrating
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as the position of the sinking. An apparently precise location of the wreck is given in the documentary "How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood" as
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three times. One of these hits contaminated a good portion of the ship's fuel supply and subsequently caused her to steer for safety in
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the following August. She was attached to the Mediterranean fleet shortly afterwards and stationed at Gibraltar at the outbreak of the
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battleships. The Royal Navy were fully aware that the ship's protection flaws still remained, even in her revised design, so
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the aft main battery turrets and causing the stern to be detached from the rest of the hull at the aft armoured bulkhead.
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firing for the last time. This damage, ahead of the armoured bulkhead, could have been implosion damage suffered while
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had been destroyed by the explosion of her own torpedoes. As a result, a second Board was convened under Rear-Admiral
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secondary explosion might have occurred in this area. Other researchers have claimed that the final salvo fired by
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was collected, Mearns and the search team began scanning a 600-square-nautical-mile (2,100 km) search box for
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was turning 20° to port to unmask her rear turrets, she was hit again on the boat deck by one or more shells from
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on another. Of the known surviving pieces, one is privately held and another was given by the Hood family to the
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hands. The terms were rejected, and the Royal Navy opened fire on the French ships berthed there. The results of
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upper belt was 5 inches thick amidships and extended forward to 'A' barbette, with a short 4-inch extension aft.
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decided it would be better to start with a clean design on succeeding battlecruisers, leading to the never-built
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sank, as a torpedo room that had been removed during one of her last refits approximates the site of the break.
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had sailed from Germany. Afterwards, she patrolled the North Atlantic before putting into Scapa Flow on 6 May.
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on 10 August, after returning to Scapa Flow. On 13 September she was sent to Rosyth along with the battleships
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returned to her home port afterwards. The battlecruiser squadron made a Caribbean cruise in early 1932, and
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which were lying in a small open debris field some way from the wreck herself. With the backing of the HMS
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could launch. During her 1929–1931 refit, the platform was removed from 'X' turret and a rotating, folding
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commissioned shipwreck hunter David Mearns and his company, Blue Water Recoveries, to locate the wreck of
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in London. A metal container holding administrative papers was discovered washed ashore on the Norwegian
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attempting to break out into the Atlantic. On 25 September 1939, the Home Fleet sortied into the central
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Jurens, William; Garzke, William H.; Dulin, Robert O. Jr.; Roberts, John & Fiske, Richard (2002).
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with the goal of finding the battlecruiser, and had acquired the support of the Royal Navy, the HMS
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was not a salvo at all, but flame from the forward magazine explosion, which gave the illusion of
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Inspection of the wreck has confirmed that the aft magazines did indeed explode. The stern of the
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on the loss, broadcast on the day of the sinking, reported that: "during the ... action, HMS
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William John Dundas (1923–1965). The three were rescued about two hours after the sinking by the
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Live-firing trials with the new 15-inch APC (armour-piercing, capped) shell against a mock-up of
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A direct hit from a shell penetrated to a magazine aft. Such a shell could only have come from
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machine gun were added in 1933 with two more mountings added in 1937. To these were added five
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and blew up." The first formal board of enquiry into the loss, presided over by Vice-Admiral
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in the Panama Canal Zone during her world cruise with the Special Service Squadron, July 1924
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who made live news reports via satellite during the search. The search team also planned to
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Both boards of enquiry exonerated Vice-Admiral Holland from any blame regarding the loss of
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The Ascension Island guns saw action only once, on 9 December 1941, when they fired on the
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s resting place. Mearns had spent the previous six years privately researching the fate of
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was blown up by her own guns. The other theories listed above remain valid possibilities.
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after she was fitted with an aircraft catapult; a Fairey III is visible on her stern, 1932
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and made her very wet. At full speed, or in heavy seas, water would flow over the ship's
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between 1938 and 1939. All the 5.5-inch guns were removed during another refit in 1940.
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4453:"Conserved HMS Hood bell rings out on 75th anniversary of largest ever Royal Navy loss"
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Other surviving relics are items that were removed from the ship prior to her sinking:
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that penetrated the deck armour and exploded in the aft 4-inch magazine, igniting its
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battlecruiser, both of which were later cancelled in accordance with the terms of the
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retained the same armament and level of protection, while being significantly faster.
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were in such bad condition by this time that much of the output from the fresh-water
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In 2012, the British government gave permission for Mearns to return to the site of
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on 9 January 1920. After her sea trials, she was commissioned on 15 May 1920, under
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The armour scheme of the Admirals was originally based on that of the battlecruiser
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Garzke, William H.; Dulin, Robert O.; Jurens, William & Cameron, James (2019).
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in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty. The battlecruiser squadron visited
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was classified as such, although it would have been more of a fast battleship than
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remains a subject of debate. The principal theories include the following causes:
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Association and other veterans groups, and the last living survivor, Ted Briggs.
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intern its ships in a British or neutral port to ensure they would not fall into
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As a result of a collision off the coast of Spain on 23 January 1935, one of
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during and after the explosion; black and white copy of a sketch prepared by
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by the British government. As such, it remains a protected place under the
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heading and bring the aft turrets 'X' and 'Y' to bear on the German ships.
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Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two
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While in Australia in April 1924, the squadron escorted the battlecruiser
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and had damaged a turbine reaching 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph).
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The Admiral-class battlecruisers were designed in response to the German
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5040:(New & rev. ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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The Battleship Builders – Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships
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s boats was washed up in Norway after her loss and is preserved in the
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s deck armour is inaccurate, as by his estimation the angle of fall of
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that damaged her port torpedo bulge and her condensers. By early 1940,
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5163:(Third revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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s operational history released in 2019, including its engagement with
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celebrations before continuing on to the Mediterranean for exercises.
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The Admirals were significantly larger than their predecessors of the
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was ordered to sea in an attempt to intercept the German battleships
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s 5.5-inch guns were removed during a refit in 1935, and shipped to
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and several light cruisers gave chase, but gave up after two hours;
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designs, with the reduction of the main armour belt, the change to
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in September 1939 kept the ship in service without the upgrades.
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s bell was retrieved on 7 August 2015. After conservation work,
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on 19 April when the Admiralty received a false report that the
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in November 1923. The objective of the cruise was to remind the
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Description of the wreck state, and many annotated photographs.
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Association in 2006. A third piece was found in Glasgow, where
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s shells that fell approximately 20 feet (6.1 m) short of
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The Admirals were fitted with six fixed 21-inch (533 mm)
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was rammed in the port side quarterdeck by the battlecruiser
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was given another brief refit between 31 March and 10 May at
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4701:(2nd ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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s destruction was most likely caused by a 380-mm shell from
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of 4.2 feet (1.3 m) at deep load, which minimised her
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Imperial War Museum Interview with survivor Robert Tilburn
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5141:. Anatomy of the Ship (Revised ed.). London: Conway.
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located the battlecruiser in the 39th hour of the search.
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5253:(Hardcover). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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The Grand Fleet: Warship Design and Development 1906–1922
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was built. It is held by a private collector and stamped
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of the Atlantic Fleet, under the command of Rear-Admiral
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Around 1918, American commanders, including Vice Admiral
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of 860 feet 7 inches (262.3 m), a maximum
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Includes colour photographs and a log of the expedition.
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4029:"Memorials in Southsea – Portsmouth Naval Memorial"
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over pay cuts for the sailors. It ended peacefully and
5242:: The Life and Death of the Royal Navy's Proudest Ship
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The Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers
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Class Battle Cruiser Designs". In Jordan, John (ed.).
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s sinking still exist. A large fragment of the wooden
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was probably the first ship to score when a shell hit
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1950: A History of Design, Construction, and Armament
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had progressed sufficiently far into her final turn.
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reported an accuracy of 3 degrees with her 279M set.
4423:"HMS Hood's bell unveiled at Navy museum Portsmouth"
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With her conspicuous twin funnels and lean profile,
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of 104 feet 2 inches (31.8 m), and a
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Battle of the Denmark Strait Documentation Resource
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2461:The Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Acting Vice-Admiral
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5598:British naval ship classes of the Second World War
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2473:came forward with an alternative theory, that the
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1946:s fire are not known exactly, but she damaged the
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4824:(2011). "High-Speed Thoroughbreds: The US Navy's
2890:The recovered bell was originally carried on the
2846:s final resting place to retrieve one of her two
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922:guns, each with 200 rounds. They were shipped on
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5268:Jurens, William (1990). "Re: The Loss of H.M.S.
5060:Sea Power: A Modern Illustrated Military History
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2520:Chapel at the Church of St John the Baptist, in
1929:destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir
1644:. Later that year, her crew participated in the
1263:as a battlecruiser, some modern writers such as
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232:bearing an anchor facing left over the date 1859
2482:that of the first board, expressed as follows:
2223:Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting
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2044:from using French ports after she had attacked
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5186:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
5119:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
5100:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
4806:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
4787:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
4720:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
4663:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
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2823:In 2002, the site was officially designated a
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1990:had dodged a salvo of torpedoes from a French
1927:became the flagship. Force H took part in the
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903:of the Admiral-class ships consisted of eight
7882:World War II shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean
7857:Saint Helena and Dependencies in World War II
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1147:The armoured belt consisted of face-hardened
556:and a circumnavigation of the globe with the
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4479:"Photos of the Wreck of H.M.S. Hood in 2001"
2453:(c) (The) probable cause of the loss of HMS
1521:Shortly after commissioning on 15 May 1920,
1409:A John Brown & Company advertisement in
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5444:Obituary of Ted Briggs – last survivor
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4762:Battleship Design and Development 1905–1945
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4544:"Relics of HMS Hood – Ledger Container Lid"
4520:. HMS Hood Association. 13 September 2009.
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4982:: The Deep Sea Discovery of an Epic Battle
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3515:. HMS Hood Association. 30 November 2008.
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1259:Although the Royal Navy always designated
560:in 1923 and 1924. She was attached to the
6890:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1935
5345:Taylor, Bruce (2018). "The Battlecruiser
4950:. Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins Publishers.
3951:"ADM 116/4351: Report on the Loss of HMS
3918:"ADM 116/4351: Report on the Loss of HMS
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2426:was temporarily able to evade detection,
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715:
5557:List of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
5248:
5232:
5096:Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1976).
4756:
4734:
4715:
4359:
4357:
4205:
4191:
3865:Association: Frequently Asked Questions"
2994:
2428:but was later spotted and sunk on 27 May
2218:
2111:
1997:
1879:
1828:to protect convoys and intercept German
1695:
1591:
1509:
1404:
1288:
1203:
1048:
947:
887:to give her an estimated range of 7,500
872:(57 km/h; 36 mph), but during
725:
5324:The End of Glory: War and Peace in HMS
5177:
5133:
5114:
5076:
5054:
4973:Mearns, David & White, Rob (2001).
4917:
4677:
4619:
4222:
4220:
3957:. HMS Hood Association. 16 March 2007.
3924:. HMS Hood Association. 16 March 2007.
2771:(ROV) directly to Channel 4's website.
2441: ... received an unlucky hit in a
2059:battleships came into service. Captain
2005:was relieved as flagship of Force H by
1745:assumed command on 1 February 1936 and
1083:for aircraft and surface vessels and a
712:ship was obliterated in the explosion.
14:
7877:Protected wrecks of the United Kingdom
7819:
5344:
5321:
5267:
5200:
5155:
5062:. London: Phoebus Publishing Company.
5024:
4939:
4920:Pursuit: The Chase and Sinking of the
4846:
4801:
4682:. Cremorne, NSW: Angus and Robertson.
4141:
4139:
3928:from the original on 28 September 2011
3453:
3451:
3449:
3263:. HMS Hood Association. 4 April 2010.
3236:
3234:
3232:
3168:
3166:
3164:
3162:
3160:
3142:
2063:assumed command during the refit, and
1982:, managed to escape from the harbour.
1622:in January 1925 to participate in the
980:Vickers 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III
552:, including training exercises in the
517:. Already under construction when the
513:battlecruisers to be built during the
7305:
6863:
6844:Laid down and completed after the war
5571:
5458:
5207:: An Illustrated Biography, 1916–1941
4655:
4633:from the original on 16 November 2021
4607:from the original on 21 November 2008
4603:. Ascension Island Heritage Society.
4459:from the original on 22 December 2017
4455:. National Museum of the Royal Navy.
4354:
4061:from the original on 10 November 2012
4009:from the original on 26 November 2010
3945:
3943:
3824:
3822:
3519:from the original on 19 February 2010
3401:"Gunnery & Aerial Warning Radars"
3356:
3354:
2131:sailed for the Atlantic in May 1941,
1875:
1767:that attempted to blockade the port.
1005:and the other four were above water,
868:), which would propel the ship at 31
64:
5182:Sea Battles in Close-Up: World War 2
4820:
4696:
4524:from the original on 6 December 2010
4245:from the original on 17 October 2012
4217:
4055:"Tombstone of H. and George Spinner"
3288:
2769:remotely operated underwater vehicle
1757:harbour despite the presence of the
1441:time-delay shells at the end of the
1425:began at the John Brown shipyard in
817:and made her a steady gun platform.
278:860 ft 7 in (262.3 m)
5400:Official Records Pertaining to HMS
4882:"A Marine Forensic Analysis of HMS
4740:– Life and Death of a Battlecruiser
4403:. National Museum of the Royal Navy
4377:from the original on 24 August 2012
4342:from the original on 16 August 2012
4161:from the original on 26 August 2010
4136:
3871:from the original on 6 October 2014
3446:
3229:
3157:
3124:from the original on 6 October 2014
2911:
2835:Expeditions to retrieve ship's bell
2164:and her consort, the heavy cruiser
1965:; shell splinters wounded two men.
1807:
1781:5.25-inch (133 mm) gun turrets
1552:, accompanied by the battlecruiser
1505:
286:104 ft 2 in (31.8 m)
24:
5225:
4785:: A Design and Operational History
4433:from the original on 14 April 2017
3940:
3819:
3381:from the original on 5 August 2020
3351:
2999:Privately owned propeller fragment
2829:Protection of Military Remains Act
2617:claimed that the aft magazines of
2497:s 15-inch shell in or adjacent to
1919:were ordered to Gibraltar to join
1677:on 23 January 1935. The damage to
1453:on 22 August 1918 by the widow of
844:The Admirals were powered by four
509:was the first of the planned four
25:
7898:
5369:
5353:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
5349:(1918)". In Taylor, Bruce (ed.).
5330:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
5244:. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
5081:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
4925:. London: Wm Collins & Sons.
4764:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
4550:from the original on 3 March 2016
4489:from the original on 18 June 2017
4365:"H.M.S. Hood's Bell news release"
3261:s 5.5" Guns on Ascension Islands"
3024:"Hood V Renown off Arosa 23–1–35"
3020:"Hood" v "Renown" Jan. 23rd. 1935
2856:National Museum of the Royal Navy
2700:In their study of the battleship
1490:Wilfred Tompkinson. She had cost
598:was operating in the area around
479:: 11–15 in (279–381 mm)
7827:Battlecruisers of the Royal Navy
7804:
7746:
7741:
7729:
7721:
7287:
7282:
5272: – A Re-examination".
4588:
4562:
4536:
4471:
4445:
4415:
4389:
4336:"Recovery of H.M.S. Hood's Bell"
3961:from the original on 18 May 2011
3846:See this documentary on Youtube
3060:
3014:. While dry-docked for repairs,
2953:
2376:
2367:
2342:Robert Tilburn (1921–1995), and
1816:assumed command in May 1939 and
1312:, became extremely impressed by
1255:Battlecruiser or fast battleship
1046:abaft the aft control position.
473:: 5–12 in (127–305 mm)
467:: 0.75–3 in (19–76 mm)
461:: 6–12 in (152–305 mm)
402:21 in (533 mm) torpedo
66:
45:
7872:2001 archaeological discoveries
4648:
4595:Graham Avis (9 February 2002).
4328:
4302:
4293:
4284:
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3297:
3285:Raven and Roberts, pp. 193, 195
3279:
3267:from the original on 9 May 2021
3220:
3047:
3010:s propellers struck the bow of
2536:The exact cause of the loss of
1890:on fire while being shelled by
1791:-class battleships. The ship's
1400:
1012:
908:15-inch (381 mm) Mk I guns
7862:Maritime incidents in May 1941
7847:Ships built on the River Clyde
4742:. London: Cassell Publishing.
4699:British Battleships, 1919–1939
4031:. InPortsmouth. Archived from
3735:Raven and Roberts, pp. 195–197
3493:Raven and Roberts, pp. 189–191
3434:Friedman, pp. 168–169, 171–172
3339:Raven and Roberts, pp. 189–195
3211:
3202:
3193:
3184:
3175:
3148:
3110:
2532:Modern theories on the sinking
2471:Director of Naval Construction
1799:was required to replenish the
1062:During the 1929–1931 refit, a
1029:. The other was fitted in the
920:BL 5.5-inch (140 mm) Mk I
910:in hydraulically powered twin
658:were ordered to intercept the
572:broke out the following year,
564:following the outbreak of the
432:0.5 in (12.7 mm) MGs
387:5.5 in (140 mm) guns
13:
1:
4718:Naval Weapons of World War II
4263:Mearns and White, pp. 206–207
3564:Morison and Polmar, pp. 71–72
3104:
3036:HMS HOOD v HMS RENOWN 23 1 35
2916:Some relics from the time of
2732:In 2001, British broadcaster
2422:where she could be repaired.
1242:F from No. 444 Flight of the
1114:with an 8-inch (203 mm)
1103:
381:15 in (381 mm) guns
7832:Admiral-class battlecruisers
6609:Harbour defence motor launch
5486:Admiral-class battlecruisers
5010:. St. Paul, Minnesota: MBI.
3708:Taylor, pp. 172–173, 238–240
3466:Raven and Roberts, pp. 68–69
3217:Roberts 1997, pp. 76, 79, 80
2108:Battle of the Denmark Strait
2102:Battle of the Denmark Strait
1667:for a Mediterranean cruise,
1460:, a great-great-grandson of
1021:. One was mounted above the
940:QF 4-inch (102 mm) Mk V
676:Battle of the Denmark Strait
7:
5389:Today – Wreck Overview
4572:. uboat.net. Archived from
4514:"Relics and Artefacts from
3377:. H.M.S. Hood Association.
1739:Second Italo-Abyssinian War
1525:became the flagship of the
1502:the British Empire itself.
1199:
894:
856:using steam provided by 24
793:of 32 feet (9.8 m) at
722:Admiral-class battlecruiser
343:(59 km/h; 37 mph)
27:Admiral-class battlecruiser
10:
7903:
7852:Maritime incidents in 1935
6789:Merchant aircraft carriers
5079:The World's Worst Warships
3582:Johnston and Buxton, p. 24
2892:pre-dreadnought battleship
2105:
1714:(left) and the battleship
1614:out to sea, where she was
1573:from west to east via the
1567:1st Light Cruiser Squadron
1466:3rd Battlecruiser Squadron
1296:on her speed trials, 1920s
1218:was initially fitted with
934:mounts of earlier British
719:
696:had exploded after one of
622:, and participated in the
566:Second Italo-Ethiopian War
192:: "With Favourable Winds")
29:
7867:Naval magazine explosions
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5492:
5430:Official Royal Navy page.
4918:Kennedy, Ludovic (1974).
4597:"And So Back To Conflict"
3744:Raven and Roberts, p. 197
3717:Raven and Roberts, p. 191
3407:. H.M.S. Hood Association
3330:Raven and Roberts, p. 189
3294:Raven and Roberts, p. 195
2328:Only three men survived:
2235:Just before 06:00, while
1961:during the engagement by
1913:and the aircraft carrier
1725:The ship participated in
1267:have classified her as a
1064:high-angle control system
640:potential German invasion
236:
59:
44:
32:List of ships called HMS
7096:January (unknown date):
5434:Battle of Denmark Strait
5178:Stephen, Martin (1988).
5077:Preston, Antony (2002).
4735:Chesneau, Roger (2002).
4680:Australia's Ships of War
4546:. HMS Hood Association.
4338:. HMS Hood Association.
4281:Mearns and White, p. 206
4235:s ship's bell abandoned"
4157:. HMS Hood Association.
4133:Jurens 1987, pp. 122–161
4106:Jurens 1987, pp. 152–153
4088:Jurens 1987, pp. 147–151
4005:. HMS Hood Association.
3867:. HMS Hood Association.
3762:Taylor, pp. 192, 240–241
3690:Taylor, pp. 165–166, 167
3573:Raven and Roberts, p. 90
3555:Raven and Roberts, p. 76
3321:Raven and Roberts, p. 68
3172:Raven and Roberts, p. 67
3120:. HMS Hood Association.
3041:
2936:National Maritime Museum
2727:
2552:was no longer firing at
2359:Aftermath of the sinking
1151:(KC), arranged in three
1076:s last refit in 1941, a
972:QF 2-pounder Mk VIII gun
610:between Iceland and the
558:Special Service Squadron
112:John Brown & Company
7887:Spanish Civil War ships
7779:63.404117°N 32.064500°W
6838:Completed after the war
6803:Armed merchant cruisers
6614:Fairmile B motor launch
5667:Light aircraft carriers
5008:The American Battleship
4716:Campbell, John (1985).
4485:. 19 July 2016. Pt. 2.
3312:Roberts 2001, pp. 17–18
3154:Roberts 1997, pp. 60–61
2433:The official Admiralty
2309:63.404117°N 32.064500°W
2257:Naval Historical Branch
2178:and Iceland on 24 May.
2116:The last photograph of
2093:German battleship
1948:French battleship
1468:and flying his flag on
1332:Washington Naval Treaty
1282:battleships. On paper,
1246:(RAF). During the 1932
943:anti-aircraft (AA) guns
660:German battleship
550:outbreak of war in 1939
393:4 in (102 mm)
294:32 ft (9.8 m)
237:General characteristics
6810:Ocean boarding vessels
6796:Fighter catapult ships
5436:A song tribute to the
5322:Taylor, Bruce (2012).
5249:Johnston, Ian (2011).
5203:The Battlecruiser HMS
5201:Taylor, Bruce (2008).
5134:Roberts, John (2001).
5115:Roberts, John (1997).
5000:Morison, Samuel Loring
4678:Bastock, John (1975).
3898:Stephen, pp. 81–83, 97
3000:
2991:Fragments of propeller
2978:German submarine
2677:and expedition leader
2526:Hamilton Road Cemetery
2506:
2490:was due to a hit from
2467:Sir Stanley V. Goodall
2459:
2232:
2124:
1907:
1722:
1710:(foreground) with HMS
1604:
1527:Battlecruiser Squadron
1518:
1418:
1411:Brassey's Naval Annual
1297:
1212:
1059:
1019:fire-control directors
960:
828:and often entered the
768:German U-boat campaign
735:
716:Design and description
544:exercises between her
184:
7784:63.404117; -32.064500
5303:Warship International
5274:Warship International
5030:British Battleships,
4984:. London: Channel 4.
4857:Warship International
4847:Jurens, Bill (1987).
4290:Jurens, et al., p. 15
4188:Garzke et al., p. 268
4057:. 17 September 2009.
2998:
2484:
2451:
2314:63.404117; -32.064500
2227:sinking stern first;
2222:
2135:, flying the flag of
2115:
2034:were deployed to the
1998:Return to home waters
1883:
1699:
1595:
1513:
1408:
1341:showed on subsequent
1292:
1207:
1149:Krupp cemented armour
1052:
951:
777:class. As completed,
729:
626:. Transferred to the
540:was involved in many
7167:May (unknown date):
6748:Submarine depot ship
6642:-class river gunboat
6634:Insect-class gunboat
4802:Buxton, Ian (2013).
4697:Burt, R. A. (2012).
4629:. 28 December 2012.
4601:History of Ascension
4179:Jurens et al., p. 16
4115:Preston 1979, p. 109
3828:Jurens, et al., p. 4
3807:Kennedy, pp. 78, 108
3475:Roberts 1997, p. 111
3443:Roberts 1997, p. 113
3085:7.92770°S 14.40654°W
2866:and using his yacht
2486:That the sinking of
2231:is in the foreground
1894:and the battleships
1741:in October. Captain
1548:was in command when
1494:6,025,000 to build.
1220:flying-off platforms
1058:the tripod foremast.
984:unrotated projectile
918:consisted of twelve
630:shortly afterwards,
438:Unrotated Projectile
7775: /
5395:Books and Magazines
4945:The Search for the
4875:on 4 December 2004.
4853:– A Re-Examination"
4641:– via Flickr.
4576:on 25 November 2010
4483:Battle Cruiser Hood
4124:Jurens 1987, p. 154
4097:Jurens 1987, p. 152
4079:Jurens 1987, p. 139
3816:Taylor, pp. 218–221
3789:Taylor, pp. 241–242
3771:Taylor, pp. 202–203
3681:Taylor, pp. 237–238
3672:Taylor, pp. 236–238
3654:Taylor, pp. 70, 236
3645:Taylor, pp. 234–235
3537:Preston 2002, p. 96
3360:Roberts 2001, p. 21
3226:Roberts 1997, p. 89
3090:-7.92770; -14.40654
3081: /
2305: /
2274: /
2087:was ordered to the
1787:and several of the
1462:Admiral Samuel Hood
1308:, commander of the
1081:early-warning radar
852:, each driving one
730:Profile drawing of
562:Mediterranean Fleet
413:4 × twin 15 in guns
328:4 shafts; 4 geared
7377:Giuseppe La Farina
6647:Type Two 63 ft HSL
6619:Motor torpedo boat
6005:Thornycroft type (
5136:The Battlecruiser
4832:. London: Conway.
3798:Stephen, pp. 74–76
3780:Rohwer, pp. 40, 48
3627:Burt, pp. 302, 313
3609:Taylor, pp. 15, 19
3600:Brown, pp. 170–171
3405:www.hmshood.org.uk
3375:www.hmshood.org.uk
3181:Taylor, pp. 92, 94
3057:" (Jurens, p. 131)
3001:
2447:Sir Geoffrey Blake
2233:
2125:
1908:
1884:French battleship
1876:Operation Catapult
1729:'s Silver Jubilee
1723:
1663:While en route to
1646:Invergordon Mutiny
1605:
1519:
1419:
1298:
1224:Fairey Flycatchers
1213:
1165:high-tensile steel
1060:
1053:An aerial view of
965:QF 4-inch Mark XVI
961:
916:secondary armament
811:metacentric height
736:
634:was dispatched to
568:in 1935. When the
425:2 pdr (40 mm)
7758:
7757:
7299:
7298:
6857:
6856:
6729:Seaplane carriers
5997:Destroyer leaders
5605:Aircraft carriers
5565:
5564:
5360:978-1-84832-178-6
5337:978-1-84832-139-7
5216:978-1-86176-216-0
4957:978-0-7322-8889-1
4849:"The Loss of HMS
4839:978-1-84486-133-0
4813:978-1-59114-027-6
4794:978-1-59114-569-1
4708:978-1-59114-052-8
4228:"Recovery of HMS
4003:Crew Information"
3699:Burt, pp. 316–317
3425:Burt, pp. 304–305
2774:After footage of
2278:63.333°N 31.833°W
1923:on 18 June where
1764:Almirante Cervera
1751:Spanish Civil War
1707:Admiral Graf Spee
1704:" (armored ship)
1599:(foreground) and
1571:on a world cruise
1375:and the Japanese
1238:. She embarked a
1128:Battle of Jutland
1033:above the tripod
570:Spanish Civil War
554:Mediterranean Sea
519:Battle of Jutland
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1830:merchant raiders
1808:Second World War
1801:boiler feedwater
1692:
1684:court-martialled
1642:Julian Patterson
1634:on 21 May 1927.
1565:cruisers of the
1506:Interwar service
1482:to complete her
1439:
1421:Construction of
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1351:G3 battlecruiser
1337:Influences from
1194:torpedo bulkhead
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5228:
5226:Further reading
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1690:
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1443:First World War
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185:Ventis Secundis
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3907:Taylor, p. 226
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1814:Irvine Glennie
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1011:
952:A close-up of
896:
893:
889:nautical miles
864:(107,000
858:Yarrow boilers
850:steam turbines
783:overall length
720:Main article:
717:
714:
594:was declared,
590:When war with
495:pennant number
483:
482:
481:
480:
474:
468:
462:
454:
450:
449:
448:
447:
441:
434:
430:4 × quadruple
428:
421:
414:
411:
405:
398:
389:
383:
377:
369:
365:
364:
361:
357:
356:
353:nautical miles
349:
345:
344:
337:
333:
332:
330:steam turbines
326:
322:
321:
320:
319:
314:(107,000
308:
306:Yarrow boilers
300:
296:
295:
292:
288:
287:
284:
280:
279:
276:
272:
271:
256:
252:
251:
243:
242:Class and type
239:
238:
234:
233:
230:Cornish chough
226:
222:
221:
220:on 24 May 1941
208:
204:
203:
198:
194:
193:
181:
177:
176:
173:Pennant number
170:
169:Identification
166:
165:
162:
158:
157:
154:
150:
149:
148:22 August 1918
146:
142:
141:
138:
134:
133:
130:
126:
125:
119:
115:
114:
109:
105:
104:
101:
97:
96:
90:
86:
85:
80:
76:
75:
73:United Kingdom
62:
61:
57:
56:
50:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
7899:
7888:
7885:
7883:
7880:
7878:
7875:
7873:
7870:
7868:
7865:
7863:
7860:
7858:
7855:
7853:
7850:
7848:
7845:
7843:
7840:
7838:
7835:
7833:
7830:
7828:
7825:
7824:
7822:
7812:
7802:
7801:
7798:
7793:
7791:
7788:
7753:
7749:
7744:
7740:
7736:
7732:
7728:
7724:
7720:
7715:
7708:
7707:
7706:August Wriedt
7701:
7698:
7697:
7691:
7688:
7687:
7681:
7678:
7677:
7671:
7668:
7667:
7662:
7661:
7655:
7654:
7652:
7648:
7641:
7640:
7633:
7630:
7629:
7623:
7622:
7615:
7612:
7611:
7604:
7601:
7600:
7594:
7591:
7590:
7584:
7583:
7577:
7574:
7573:
7566:
7563:
7562:
7556:
7555:
7548:
7545:
7544:
7538:
7537:
7531:
7530:
7524:
7523:
7517:
7514:
7513:
7508:
7507:
7500:
7497:
7496:
7490:
7487:
7486:
7480:
7477:
7476:
7470:
7467:
7466:
7459:
7456:
7455:
7450:
7449:
7442:
7439:
7438:
7431:
7428:
7427:
7422:
7421:
7416:
7415:
7409:
7406:
7405:
7399:
7396:
7395:
7388:
7385:
7384:
7379:
7378:
7372:
7369:
7368:
7363:
7362:
7355:
7352:
7351:
7345:
7344:
7342:
7340:
7336:
7327:
7322:
7320:
7315:
7313:
7308:
7307:
7304:
7294:
7290:
7285:
7281:
7276:
7269:
7268:
7267:Giulio Cesare
7262:
7259:
7258:
7252:
7249:
7248:
7242:
7239:
7238:
7232:
7229:
7228:
7227:Prince Rupert
7222:
7219:
7218:
7212:
7209:
7208:
7203:
7202:
7196:
7193:
7192:
7186:
7183:
7182:
7175:
7172:
7171:
7165:
7162:
7161:
7155:
7152:
7151:
7145:
7142:
7141:
7134:
7131:
7130:
7124:
7121:
7120:
7114:
7111:
7110:
7104:
7101:
7100:
7094:
7091:
7090:
7084:
7081:
7080:
7074:
7073:
7071:
7067:
7060:
7059:
7054:
7053:
7048:
7047:
7042:
7041:
7035:
7032:
7031:
7024:
7021:
7020:
7014:
7011:
7010:
7003:
7000:
6999:
6993:
6990:
6989:
6983:
6980:
6979:
6972:
6969:
6968:
6961:
6958:
6957:
6951:
6950:
6943:
6940:
6939:
6933:
6930:
6929:
6923:
6920:
6919:
6913:
6910:
6909:
6903:
6902:
6900:
6898:
6894:
6885:
6880:
6878:
6873:
6871:
6866:
6865:
6862:
6849:
6846:
6843:
6840:
6837:
6834:
6831:
6828:
6825:
6822:
6821:
6818:
6812:
6811:
6807:
6805:
6804:
6800:
6798:
6797:
6793:
6791:
6790:
6786:
6784:
6783:
6779:
6777:
6776:
6772:
6770:
6769:
6765:
6763:
6762:
6758:
6756:
6755:
6751:
6749:
6746:
6744:
6743:
6739:
6737:
6736:
6732:
6730:
6727:
6725:
6724:
6720:
6718:
6717:
6713:
6711:
6708:
6706:
6703:
6701:
6700:Shakespearian
6698:
6696:
6693:
6691:
6688:
6686:
6683:
6681:
6678:
6676:
6675:
6671:
6669:
6666:
6664:
6661:
6660:
6658:
6654:
6648:
6645:
6643:
6641:
6637:
6635:
6632:
6630:
6627:
6625:
6624:Motor gunboat
6622:
6620:
6617:
6615:
6612:
6610:
6607:
6606:
6604:
6602:
6598:
6592:
6589:
6587:
6584:
6582:
6581:
6577:
6575:
6572:
6570:
6569:
6565:
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6524:
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6517:
6515:
6512:
6510:
6507:
6506:
6504:
6502:
6498:
6492:
6491:
6487:
6485:
6484:
6480:
6478:
6477:
6473:
6471:
6470:
6466:
6465:
6463:
6461:
6457:
6451:
6450:
6446:
6444:
6443:
6439:
6437:
6436:
6432:
6430:
6427:
6425:
6424:
6420:
6418:
6417:
6413:
6411:
6408:
6407:
6405:
6403:
6399:
6393:
6392:
6388:
6386:
6385:
6381:
6379:
6378:
6374:
6372:
6371:
6367:
6365:
6364:
6360:
6358:
6357:
6353:
6351:
6348:
6346:
6345:
6341:
6339:
6338:
6334:
6332:
6331:
6327:
6325:
6324:
6320:
6319:
6317:
6315:
6311:
6305:
6304:
6300:
6298:
6297:
6293:
6291:
6290:
6286:
6284:
6283:
6279:
6277:
6276:
6272:
6270:
6269:
6265:
6263:
6262:
6258:
6256:
6255:
6251:
6249:
6248:
6244:
6242:
6239:
6238:
6236:
6234:
6230:
6224:
6221:
6219:
6216:
6215:
6213:
6211:
6207:
6201:
6198:
6196:
6193:
6191:
6188:
6186:
6183:
6181:
6178:
6177:
6175:
6173:
6169:
6163:
6162:
6158:
6156:
6153:
6151:
6148:
6146:
6143:
6141:
6138:
6136:
6133:
6131:
6128:
6126:
6123:
6121:
6118:
6116:
6113:
6111:
6108:
6106:
6103:
6101:
6098:
6096:
6093:
6091:
6088:
6086:
6083:
6081:
6078:
6076:
6073:
6071:
6068:
6066:
6065:
6061:
6059:
6058:
6054:
6052:
6049:
6047:
6044:
6042:
6039:
6037:
6034:
6033:
6031:
6029:
6025:
6019:
6017:
6012:
6010:
6008:
6003:
6002:
6000:
5998:
5994:
5987:
5986:
5982:
5980:
5979:
5975:
5973:
5972:
5968:
5966:
5965:
5961:
5959:
5958:
5954:
5952:
5949:
5947:
5946:
5942:
5940:
5939:
5935:
5933:
5932:
5928:
5926:
5925:
5921:
5919:
5918:
5914:
5912:
5909:
5908:
5906:
5904:
5900:
5894:
5893:
5889:
5887:
5884:
5882:
5881:
5877:
5876:
5874:
5872:
5868:
5862:
5861:
5857:
5855:
5854:
5850:
5849:
5847:
5845:
5841:
5835:
5834:
5830:
5828:
5827:
5823:
5821:
5820:
5819:King George V
5816:
5814:
5813:
5809:
5807:
5806:
5802:
5800:
5799:
5795:
5794:
5792:
5790:
5786:
5780:
5779:
5775:
5773:
5772:
5768:
5766:
5765:
5761:
5759:
5756:
5754:
5753:
5749:
5747:
5746:
5742:
5740:
5739:
5735:
5733:
5732:
5728:
5727:
5725:
5723:
5719:
5713:
5712:
5708:
5706:
5705:
5701:
5699:
5698:
5694:
5692:
5691:
5687:
5685:
5684:
5680:
5678:
5677:
5673:
5672:
5670:
5668:
5664:
5658:
5657:
5653:
5651:
5650:
5646:
5644:
5643:
5639:
5637:
5636:
5632:
5630:
5629:
5625:
5623:
5622:
5618:
5616:
5615:
5611:
5610:
5608:
5606:
5602:
5593:
5588:
5586:
5581:
5579:
5574:
5573:
5570:
5558:
5555:
5554:
5551:
5544:
5541:Followed by:
5540:
5538:
5536:
5532:Preceded by:
5531:
5530:
5527:
5521:
5520:
5516:
5514:
5513:
5509:
5507:
5506:
5502:
5500:
5499:
5495:
5494:
5491:
5487:
5480:
5475:
5473:
5468:
5466:
5461:
5460:
5457:
5451:
5448:
5445:
5442:
5439:
5435:
5432:
5429:
5427:
5422:
5419:
5418:
5415:Hunt for the
5413:
5409:
5406:
5404:
5403:
5398:
5396:
5393:
5390:
5388:
5383:
5382:
5381:
5379:
5374:
5373:
5362:
5356:
5352:
5348:
5343:
5339:
5333:
5329:
5325:
5320:
5316:
5312:
5308:
5304:
5300:
5296:
5291:
5287:
5283:
5279:
5275:
5271:
5266:
5262:
5256:
5252:
5247:
5243:
5239:
5235:
5231:
5230:
5218:
5212:
5208:
5204:
5199:
5195:
5193:0-87021-556-6
5189:
5184:
5183:
5176:
5172:
5170:1-59114-119-2
5166:
5162:
5158:
5154:
5150:
5148:0-85177-900-X
5144:
5140:
5137:
5132:
5128:
5126:1-55750-068-1
5122:
5118:
5113:
5109:
5107:0-87021-817-4
5103:
5099:
5094:
5090:
5088:0-85177-754-6
5084:
5080:
5075:
5071:
5069:0-89673-011-5
5065:
5061:
5057:
5053:
5049:
5047:1-55750-075-4
5043:
5039:
5035:
5031:
5027:
5026:Parkes, Oscar
5023:
5019:
5017:0-7603-0989-2
5013:
5009:
5005:
5001:
4997:
4993:
4991:0-7522-2035-7
4987:
4983:
4979:
4975:
4971:
4967:
4963:
4959:
4953:
4949:
4946:
4942:
4941:Mearns, David
4938:
4934:
4932:0-304-35526-7
4928:
4924:
4921:
4916:
4900:
4895:
4891:
4889:
4885:
4878:
4874:
4870:
4866:
4862:
4858:
4854:
4852:
4845:
4841:
4835:
4831:
4827:
4823:
4819:
4815:
4809:
4805:
4800:
4796:
4790:
4786:
4782:
4777:
4773:
4771:0-85177-135-1
4767:
4763:
4759:
4755:
4751:
4749:0-304-35980-7
4745:
4741:
4737:
4733:
4729:
4727:0-87021-459-4
4723:
4719:
4714:
4710:
4704:
4700:
4695:
4691:
4689:0-207-12927-4
4685:
4681:
4676:
4672:
4670:1-55750-315-X
4666:
4662:
4658:
4654:
4653:
4632:
4628:
4622:
4606:
4602:
4598:
4591:
4575:
4571:
4565:
4549:
4545:
4539:
4523:
4519:
4517:
4509:
4507:
4505:
4488:
4484:
4480:
4474:
4458:
4454:
4448:
4432:
4428:
4424:
4418:
4402:
4400:
4392:
4373:
4366:
4360:
4358:
4341:
4337:
4331:
4315:
4311:
4305:
4296:
4287:
4278:
4269:
4260:
4244:
4240:
4236:
4231:
4223:
4221:
4214:Mearns, p. 76
4211:
4209:
4202:Mearns, p. 75
4199:
4197:
4195:
4185:
4176:
4160:
4156:
4154:
4150:
4142:
4140:
4130:
4121:
4112:
4103:
4094:
4085:
4076:
4060:
4056:
4050:
4034:
4030:
4024:
4008:
4004:
4002:
3994:
3985:
3976:
3960:
3956:
3954:
3946:
3944:
3927:
3923:
3921:
3913:
3904:
3895:
3886:
3870:
3866:
3864:
3856:
3849:
3843:
3834:
3825:
3823:
3813:
3804:
3795:
3786:
3777:
3768:
3759:
3753:Taylor, p. 39
3750:
3741:
3732:
3723:
3714:
3705:
3696:
3687:
3678:
3669:
3660:
3651:
3642:
3636:Taylor, p. 20
3633:
3624:
3615:
3606:
3597:
3588:
3579:
3570:
3561:
3552:
3543:
3534:
3518:
3514:
3512:
3504:
3502:
3500:
3490:
3484:Taylor, p. 78
3481:
3472:
3463:
3454:
3452:
3450:
3440:
3431:
3422:
3406:
3402:
3396:
3380:
3376:
3372:
3366:
3357:
3355:
3345:
3336:
3327:
3318:
3309:
3300:
3291:
3282:
3266:
3262:
3257:
3249:
3247:
3237:
3235:
3233:
3223:
3214:
3205:
3196:
3190:Taylor, p. 92
3187:
3178:
3169:
3167:
3165:
3163:
3161:
3151:
3145:, p. 15.
3144:
3139:
3123:
3119:
3113:
3109:
3094:
3063:
3056:
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3046:
3039:
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3033:
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3017:
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3006:
2997:
2988:
2986:
2982:
2981:
2974:
2972:
2968:
2961:
2954:5.5-inch guns
2951:
2948:
2946:
2941:
2937:
2930:
2926:
2919:
2909:
2907:
2902:
2898:
2897:
2893:
2888:
2886:
2882:
2881:Princess Anne
2875:
2871:
2870:
2865:
2859:
2857:
2853:
2849:
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2826:
2821:
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2710:
2703:
2698:
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2683:
2680:
2676:
2675:Eric J. Grove
2672:
2667:
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2660:
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2576:
2568:
2564:
2563:Captain Leach
2560:
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2523:
2519:
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2500:
2493:
2489:
2483:
2480:
2479:Harold Walker
2476:
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2379:
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2356:
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2345:
2341:
2338:(1923–2008),
2337:
2334:
2331:
2326:
2324:
2318:
2287:
2258:
2254:
2250:
2242:
2238:
2230:
2226:
2221:
2217:
2212:
2208:
2204:
2200:
2196:
2192:
2185:
2179:
2177:
2173:
2169:
2168:
2163:
2159:
2158:
2153:
2152:
2147:
2146:
2141:
2138:
2134:
2130:
2123:
2119:
2114:
2109:
2099:
2097:
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901:main battery
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385:12 × single
373:
363:1,433 (1919)
255:Displacement
211:
210:Sunk by the
200:
153:Commissioned
103:7 April 1916
82:
51:
39:
33:
7782: /
7770:32°03.870′W
7767:63°24.247′N
7582:Conte Rosso
7495:Cockaponset
7463:HMNZS
6850:Conversions
6761:Bonaventure
6705:Round Table
6391:Teviot Bank
6377:Port Quebec
6370:Port Napier
6247:Bridgewater
6007:Shakespeare
5789:Battleships
5635:Illustrious
5380:Association
5328:, 1916–1941
5238:The Mighty
4822:Hone, Trent
4781:Battleship
4637:16 November
4407:27 December
4320:20 November
3546:Hone, p. 23
3143:Taylor 2008
3088: /
2985:crash-dived
2550:Prinz Eugen
2340:Able Seaman
2312: /
2300:32°03.870′W
2297:63°24.247′N
2281: /
2207:Prinz Eugen
2199:Prinz Eugen
2191:hydrophones
2184:Prinz Eugen
2167:Prinz Eugen
2076:Scharnhorst
1974:sister ship
1797:evaporators
1759:Nationalist
1484:fitting-out
1478:sailed for
1431:yard number
1248:West Indies
1027:rangefinder
912:gun turrets
826:quarterdeck
709:gun turrets
671:Prinz Eugen
391:4 × single
197:Nickname(s)
156:15 May 1920
129:Yard number
94:Samuel Hood
7842:1918 ships
7821:Categories
7739:April 1941
7529:Gloucester
7512:Robin Moor
7339:Shipwrecks
7257:Noemijulia
7009:Marguerite
7007:HMAS
6954:HMAS
6947:HMAS
6897:Shipwrecks
6685:Portuguese
6501:Submarines
6363:Menestheus
6314:Minelayers
6303:Black Swan
6282:Kingfisher
6028:Destroyers
5642:Implacable
5614:Courageous
5535:Courageous
4611:18 January
4580:18 January
3105:References
3076:14°24′24″W
2971:Georgetown
2864:Paul Allen
2435:communiqué
2344:Midshipman
2336:Ted Briggs
2061:Ralph Kerr
1979:Strasbourg
1903:Resolution
1793:condensers
1718:Resolution
1658:Portsmouth
1609:HMAS
1569:, set out
1471:Invincible
1413:featuring
1240:Fairey III
1169:forecastle
1141:Hindenburg
1104:Protection
1044:centreline
988:parachutes
874:sea trials
754:Courageous
651:battleship
636:Scapa Flow
628:Home Fleet
503:Royal Navy
497:51) was a
443:4 × 21 in
360:Complement
325:Propulsion
161:In service
7752:June 1941
7639:Undaunted
7637:HMS
7626:HMS
7619:HMS
7608:HMS
7587:HMS
7570:HMS
7559:HMS
7552:HMS
7541:HMS
7536:Greyhound
7534:HMS
7527:HMS
7504:HMS
7485:Archangel
7446:HMS
7435:HMS
7394:Hurricane
7392:HMS
7359:HMS
7247:Rotterdam
7179:HMS
7138:USS
7119:Aquitania
7028:HMS
6976:USS
6965:USS
6908:Lexington
6832:Cancelled
6775:Maidstone
6742:Albatross
6640:Dragonfly
6476:Protector
6460:Netlayers
6356:Agamemnon
6323:Adventure
6210:Corvettes
6135:W & Z
6130:U & V
6125:S & T
6120:Q & R
6115:O & P
6110:L & M
6085:G & H
6080:E & F
6075:C & D
6070:A & B
6057:Ambuscade
6046:V & W
5649:Audacious
5628:Ark Royal
5545:(planned)
5315:0043-0374
5286:0043-0374
5028:(1990) .
4966:301679923
4869:0043-0374
4826:Lexington
4381:17 August
4346:17 August
4249:6 January
3073:7°55′40″S
2947:in 1981.
2945:Centurion
2831:of 1986.
2825:war grave
2734:Channel 4
2673:lecturer
2671:Dartmouth
2348:destroyer
2333:Signalman
2197:engaging
2176:Greenland
2170:, in the
2070:Gneisenau
1967:Dunkerque
1963:Dunkerque
1959:straddled
1950:Dunkerque
1916:Ark Royal
1843:Spearfish
1838:North Sea
1665:Gibraltar
1611:Australia
1579:dominions
1427:Clydebank
1397:s speed.
1343:Lexington
1334:of 1922.
1326:Lexington
1157:barbettes
1139:SMS
1118:. Unlike
999:broadside
876:in 1920,
830:messdecks
822:freeboard
803:long tons
799:displaced
795:deep load
760:laid down
741:Mackensen
705:torpedoes
528:G-3 class
524:Admiralty
471:Barbettes
416:7 × twin
379:4 × twin
268:deep load
260:long tons
164:1920–1941
137:Laid down
124:6,025,000
7703:29 May:
7696:Winnipeg
7693:26 May:
7686:Gianna M
7683:18 May:
7673:12 May:
7628:Imperial
7621:Hereward
7617:29 May:
7606:28 May:
7599:Bismarck
7596:27 May:
7579:25 May:
7568:24 May:
7550:23 May:
7519:22 May:
7502:21 May:
7492:20 May:
7482:16 May:
7472:15 May:
7461:14 May:
7454:Somersby
7448:Salopian
7444:13 May:
7437:Ladybird
7433:12 May:
7420:Ramb III
7411:10 May:
7383:Malakand
7254:17 Oct:
7244:29 Sep:
7214:16 Aug:
7201:Akatsuki
7191:L'Espoir
7188:13 Jul:
7181:Hastings
7177:12 Jun:
7157:25 May:
7147:21 May:
7136:12 May:
7126:11 Apr:
7116:10 Apr:
7086:25 Jan:
7026:17 Sep:
6995:31 Jul:
6974:26 Jun:
6963:25 Jun:
6949:Geranium
6945:24 Apr:
6935:20 Feb:
6925:25 Jan:
6915:24 Jan:
6710:Monitors
6663:Trawlers
6527:Parthian
6469:Guardian
6442:Algerine
6268:Shoreham
6254:Hastings
6172:Frigates
5985:Minotaur
5971:Minotaur
5945:Arethusa
5833:Vanguard
5764:Activity
5752:Attacker
5738:Audacity
5704:Majestic
5697:Colossus
5543:G3 class
5299:Bismarck
5297:and DKM
5236:(1959).
5159:(2005).
5058:(1979).
5036:Vanguard
5034:1860 to
5006:(2003).
4980:Bismarck
4943:(2009).
4922:Bismarck
4888:Bismarck
4886:and DKM
4783:Bismarck
4760:(1978).
4659:(1999).
4631:Archived
4605:Archived
4554:15 April
4548:Archived
4522:Archived
4487:Archived
4457:Archived
4431:Archived
4427:BBC News
4372:Archived
4340:Archived
4243:Archived
4239:BBC News
4159:Archived
4153:Bismarck
4059:Archived
4007:Archived
3959:Archived
3932:29 April
3926:Archived
3869:Archived
3517:Archived
3379:Archived
3265:Archived
3122:Archived
2776:Bismarck
2742:Bismarck
2717:Bismarck
2702:Bismarck
2646:Bismarck
2623:Bismarck
2604:Bismarck
2589:Bismarck
2548:, since
2546:Bismarck
2492:Bismarck
2443:magazine
2424:Bismarck
2416:Bismarck
2330:Ordinary
2241:Bismarck
2174:between
2162:Bismarck
2129:Bismarck
2095:Bismarck
1887:Bretagne
1824:and the
1812:Captain
1761:cruiser
1735:Spithead
1616:scuttled
1544:Captain
1451:launched
1449:She was
1392:Bismarck
1371:Colorado
1271:, since
1236:seaplane
1228:catapult
1200:Aircraft
1124:plunging
1085:Type 284
1078:Type 279
1035:foremast
1003:magazine
932:casemate
924:shielded
895:Armament
885:fuel oil
841:aboard.
751:and the
698:Bismarck
694:magazine
665:and the
662:Bismarck
649:and the
616:flagship
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374:As built
368:Armament
213:Bismarck
145:Launched
92:Admiral
89:Namesake
7657:9 May:
7610:Mashona
7589:Grimsby
7554:Kashmir
7404:Pinguin
7401:8 May:
7390:7 May:
7374:4 May:
7367:Kwinana
7357:2 May:
7350:Nerissa
7347:1 May:
7234:5 Sep:
7217:Letitia
7198:1 Aug:
7129:Letitia
7109:Pommern
7106:2 Mar:
7076:6 Jan:
7040:Chikuma
7016:3 Aug:
7005:1 Aug:
6985:9 Jul:
6905:2 Jan:
6782:Titania
6754:Adamant
6735:Pegasus
6723:Roberts
6601:Coastal
6580:Amphion
6551:Grampus
6534:Rainbow
6416:Halcyon
6289:Bittern
6275:Grimsby
6185:Captain
5978:Neptune
5938:Leander
5931:Emerald
5924:Hawkins
5880:Hawkins
5805:Revenge
5778:Nairana
5745:Avenger
5711:Centaur
5690:Unicorn
5032:Warrior
4570:"U-124"
4493:21 June
4463:21 June
4437:6 April
2958:Two of
2925:transom
2869:Octopus
2721:cordite
2352:Electra
2269:31°50′W
2266:63°20′N
2157:Suffolk
2151:Norfolk
2032:Repulse
1921:Force H
1897:Valiant
1822:Iceland
1601:Repulse
1555:Repulse
1488:Captain
1153:strakes
1069:During
976:funnels
926:single-
839:ratings
801:42,670
791:draught
781:had an
762:. Only
756:classes
642:fleet.
620:Force H
600:Iceland
592:Germany
501:of the
477:Turrets
427:AA guns
420:AA guns
396:AA guns
291:Draught
258:46,680
216:during
108:Builder
100:Ordered
60:History
7797:Portal
7465:Puriri
7361:Jersey
7224:4 Sep
7150:Naïade
7140:Sicard
7089:Dumana
7079:Havana
6988:Maheno
6967:Marcus
6956:Mallow
6918:Mohawk
6716:Erebus
6674:Basset
6668:Castle
6449:Cybele
6423:Bangor
6344:Linnet
6337:Plover
6330:Abdiel
6233:Sloops
6223:Castle
6218:Flower
6190:Colony
6161:Daring
6150:Weapon
6145:Battle
6095:Tribal
6064:Amazon
5988:(1947)
5886:County
5853:Renown
5812:Nelson
5731:Archer
5683:Hermes
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3012:Renown
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2259:gives
2057:-class
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2018:Rodney
2012:Nelson
2007:Renown
1863:bomber
1785:Renown
1755:Bilbao
1688:Renown
1674:Renown
1620:Lisbon
1563:-class
1480:Rosyth
1417:, 1923
1380:-class
1378:Nagato
1373:-class
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1280:-class
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775:Renown
748:Renown
743:-class
692:s aft
505:(RN).
453:Armour
351:5,332
275:Length
7666:U-110
7561:Kelly
7426:U-110
7237:Doric
7058:Ro-28
7052:Ro-21
7046:Ro-20
6998:Verdi
6978:Sloat
6928:Rondo
6768:Forth
6695:Dance
6680:Isles
6656:Other
6545:River
6296:Egret
6261:Banff
6180:River
6016:Scott
5917:Danae
5758:Ruler
5676:Argus
5656:Malta
5621:Eagle
5537:class
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5307:XXXIX
5278:XXVII
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180:Motto
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7727:1941
7719:1940
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7543:York
7522:Fiji
7506:Juno
7475:Leon
7293:1936
7280:1934
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6568:P611
6520:Odin
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