In May 1941, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood chased down the German battleship Bismarck in an attempt to protect the flow of American supplies to Great Britain. Within 15 minutes of firing its ...

Indeed, the loss of HMS Hood in 1941 is a history lesson not just for understanding what declining empires look like. It’s a warning from history to current U.S. Navy war planners to challenge ...

His Name was Ted Briggs and he married my grandfathers sister during the war after the sinking as Ted was a leading signalman by then but he was wearing a HMS Hood cap tally in his wedding photo ...

One of the world’s largest private superyachts is the latest to set sail on an expedition to uncover the secrets of a British battle cruiser lost during World War ... The HMS Hood was sunk ...

The Hood was not commissioned until August 1918, too late to see any real action in the First World War. The interwar years provided plenty of opportunity for service, however – the Hood served ...

A ceremony has been held in Clydebank to mark the centenary of the launch of one of Britain's largest warships. The battlecruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 ...

One of the great tragedies of the Second World War has been remembered with Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G Allen recovering the bell from the British battlecruiser HMS Hood ...

War Thunder, the popular free-to-play military vehicular ... You'll see some famous faces – we're looking at you HMS Belfast – a shark, and a flying barrel. Firstly, let's look at the ...

Hood was a battlecruiser - one of a new breed of warships developed before the First World War. With more horsepower ... Launched on 22 August 1918, HMS Hood was the 13th and final British ...

THE bells rang out action stations on the morning of May 24, 1941. Soon after, HMS Hood — and 1415 men — was on the seabed. Now billionaire Paul Allen has recovered one of those bells.

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, and HMS Hood was ...