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 ...

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

Here are the 14 deepest shipwrecks from World War II. HMAS Sydney II was an Australian ... At 47,000 tons and 860 feet in length, HMS Hood — launched on August 22, 1918 — ranked among the ...

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 World War II, aircraft carriers revolutionized naval warfare, and several stood out for their significant ...

Initial successes included the sinking of the HMS Hood Pride of the Royal Navy ... It constituted the turning point in World ...

New Jersey shelled targets on Okinawa and Guam during World War II, participated in raids during ... aid from the Prinz Eugen in the sinking of HMS Hood). This North Carolina-class battlewagon ...

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 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 ...

History of the Royal Navy in World War II by Robert Jackson (Airlife Publishing ... organisation and training activities during the war years. Flagship Hood: The fate of Britain's mightiest ...

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 ...