Construction on her began during the First War, yet she wasn’t commissioned until 1920 – by which time the other planned ships of her class were canceled, yet her prestige was so great it was ...

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, which was ...

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 and ...

Summary: The HMS Hood, once the pride of the British Royal Navy and the largest warship globally during the interwar years, met a tragic fate early in World War II. Designed during a bygone era with ...

IT was the pride of the Royal Navy and the most powerful warship afloat the day it slid down its slipway and entered the waters of the Clyde. Brought to life by the toil of hundreds of Clydebank ...

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The image attached to this story cannot be viewed for moderation or technical reasons May 24th 1941, HMS Hood current flag ship of the royal navy and the largest ship in her majesteys royal navy had ...

The bell from a sunken World War Two battle-cruiser salvaged from the seabed will go on display after months of restoration work. HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismarck on 24 May 1941 with the loss of ...

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The Battleships by Rob McCauley and Ian Johnston (Channel 4 Books, 2000) £20.00. Relates the story of the battleships from the Battle of Trafalgar to the Gulf war, and their role in global history.

During early 1939 my uncle, Eric Sykes, and his friend, Samuel Kay, worked as glaziers for George G Kirk, a family-run business based in Kilmarnock. After much discussion between them, they decided ...