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 ...

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 ...

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One of the great tragedies of the Second World War has been remembered with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen recovering the bell from HMS Hood, which was sunk in battle 74 years ago by Hitler’s ...

A search team led by Paul Allen has recovered a bell from the HMS Hood, a battlecruiser that was sunk during World War II. The bell will serve as a memorial to the 1,415 lives lost when the Bismarck ...

When he’s not partying with has-been celebs, Paul Allen is hosting a salvage crew aboard his Octopus yacht — and reporting back to the world about what’s happening. In a series of tweets started ...

The battle cruiser HMS Hood during a dockyard refit. She served in World War II before she was sunk by the Bismarck on May 24, 1941. The shipwreck was located in 2001 -- the 60th anniversary of the ...

As most of us know, there were only three survivors from the sinking of HMS Hood by the German battleship Bismarck in 1941. They were Ordinary Seaman Ted Briggs, Midshipman William Dundas and Able ...