Hood was a battlecruiser - one of a new breed of warships developed before the First World War. With more horsepower and less armour, they were faster than battleships and were designed to outrun ...
HMS Hood’s Tragic Demise: A Cautionary Tale for U.S. Naval Strategy Today The British Empire was the equivalent of the world’s superpower for centuries. Since Britain successfully colonized ...
The British public saw HMS Hood as invincible - so her loss was devastating to morale at home. Even those who had no direct connection with the ship remember her today. But there are also many ...
From 10 miles away in the Denmark Strait, Bismarck sent up a wall of "plunging fire" which penetrated the weak deck armour of HMS Hood The Bismarck was probably the most powerful warship in ...