The Loss of HMS Hood Pride of the Royal Navy
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
03.03.2026
Abbildungen
32 mono illustrations
Verlag
Pen & Sword Books LtdSeitenzahl
224
Maße (L/B/H)
24/16,5/2,9 cm
Gewicht
422 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-399-03630-6
Examines HMS Hood's 1941 sinking by the Bismarck, reassessing theories with insights from the 2001 wreck.
In 1941, the battlecruiser HMS Hood - at 860 feet long, with a beam of 105 feet, a displacement of 48,360 tons (fully loaded), and a maximum speed of 32 knots - was Britain's largest and fastest warship.
And yet on 24 May, HMS Hood, the epitome of British naval power, with an armament which included eight 15-inch guns, was blown up a mere eight minutes after engaging the German battleship KMS Bismarck and her consort, the heavy cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen.
As HMS Hood sank into the icy depths of the Atlantic Ocean on 24 May 1941, she took with her the lives of 1,415 brave men - there were only 3 survivors - and a secret that has haunted the maritime world ever since. How could this possibly have happened? HMS Hood had seemed invincible, and the hopes of the British Navy in wartime had rested upon her great reputation. Her tragic demise was greeted with disbelief by the nation, and the shock waves reverberated all around the world.
Various theories have been put forward to account for her sinking, none of them entirely satisfactory. Here, these theories are reappraised in the light of the discovery of the wreckage of HMS Hood in 2001. Furthermore, a new and intriguing theory is proposed.
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