More than 2,000 German sailors lost their lives. Sinking of WW2 ship HMS Hood commemorated HMS Hood's bell unveiled 75 years after shelled ship sank How Scotland helped sink the Bismarck Rear ...

At 47,000 tons and 860 feet in length, HMS Hood — launched on August 22, 1918 — ranked among the most legendary ships of the interwar period. She was fast, too, hitting speeds of 30 knots.

The first fruits of the £2m ($2.9m) expedition to find the sunken British WWII battle ship HMS Hood will appear on Channel 4 on August 6. The Hunt For Hood is a 60' special documenting the search for ...

First launched more than 100 years ago, HMS Hood was one of the greatest and biggest warships ever built by the Royal Navy.

Naval strength has long been a vital factor in global politics. Here are 10 ships that were involved in key moments in major ...

Back in 2007 ex-serviceman in Catford began a memorial event to remember the 1,415 who died aboard HMS Hood in 1941. The epic clash between the battleship and Germany's Bismark is widely-regarded ...

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 ...

Despite this tragic loss, the Admiralty went on to build Hood. She was improved in a number of ways but still lacked armour protection. Launched on 22 August 1918, HMS Hood was the 13th and final ...

The battle-cruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 August 1918. Until the commissioning of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, there had never been a ...

During WWII, she shelled Vichy French forces in the ... the Bismarck received aid from the Prinz Eugen in the sinking of HMS Hood). This North Carolina-class battlewagon also inflicted fatal ...

Written by 21-year-old Navy medic Alfred Kirkham, the diary tells how HMS Quentin went down during a World War Two sea battle in the Mediterranean. Before his death in 2003, he passed his diary to ...

At the height of the raids there was almost a mutiny on HMS Jackal. Sailors refused to return ... the Blitz on Britain was over. WW2: Could you be part of a Lancaster Bomber crew?