HMS Hood

1918 Admiral-class battlecruiser. 
51, The Mighty Hood

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1920 — 1941 Admiral-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser, John Brown & Company, Royal Navy, shipwreck, United Kingdom, mass: 42000 tonne, speed: 32 knot, torpedo tube, QF 4 inch Mk V gun, QF 2 pounder gun, BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun, QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun, BL 5.5 inch Mk I gun, Unrotated Projectile, .50 Vickers, British 21 inch torpedo, 
See also HMS Hood (1891)

• Dreadnought Project entry^@
• Freebase entry^@
• Drachinifel HMS Hood - Origins of a Legend^@
• NavWeaps The Loss of HMS Hood: A Re-Examination^@
• naval-history.net article^@
• uboat.net article^@
  

Location: 63.333333333, -31.833333333, KML, Maps

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.50 Vickers – Admiral-class battlecruiser – BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun – British 21 inch torpedo – Drachinifel – HMS Hood – naval-history.net – NavWeaps – QF 2 pounder gun – QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun – uboat.net – Unrotated Projectile – 

1940-07-03T00:00:00Z

Attack on Mers-El-Kebir 1940

1916-09-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying 1916

1916-04-07T00:00:00Z

order 1916

1941-05-24T00:00:00Z

shipwrecking 1941

1920-05-15T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning 1920

1918-08-22T00:00:00Z

ship launching 1918

1941-05-24T00:00:00Z

sinking 1941

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Frameless

Amm.Lancelot Holland

Arrival of sailors from HMS Hood at Willunga(GN03726)

Battlecruiser HMS Hood - IWM Q 75272

Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1998-035-05, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Seegefecht

Collier's 1921 Navy, The - British Super-Dreadnought Hood

Family walking down a Willunga street during arrival of sailors from HMS Hood(GN03719)

HMS Hood HU76081

HMS Hood HU108391

HMS Hood a battleship in World War 2 sunk by the Bismarck

HMS Hood ca.1928 RMG PY0993

HMS Hood h60404

HMS Hood on speed trials (Warships To-day, 1936)

HMS Hood steam launch in Vancouver Harbour

HMS Hood stern view date & Location unknown. (49694129776)

HMS Hood vs HMS Renown propeller nugget

HMS Hood, outline and plan (Warships To-day, 1936)

Hawaii - Honolulu

La Pita Point Improvement Project: Looking South from 150 fl elevation, North end HMS "Hood" (8606 x 1052 x 32' draft and 45,000 tons displacement) shown rounding apex of turn, location slightly West of mid-channel, Station 1660 7/24/24

Original photo was taken by Wright & Logan (british photographers of Southsea) on 1st of june 1931.

Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting Hood's loss during her engagement with the Bismarck on 24 May 1941. HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.

Sailors from HMS Hood at Willunga Recreation Grounds(GN03721)

Sailors from HMS Hood at Willunga Recreation Grounds(GN03723)

Sydney ferry KUTTABUL seen from HMS Hood 1924 (likely April)

Visit to Willunga by the sailors from HMS Hood - parading down the street(GN03717)

Visit to Willunga by the sailors from HMS Hood - parading down the street(GN03722)

Type	Date	Description	Keywords	Notes	Source
link		Dreadnought Project entry@			Wikidata
link		Freebase entry@			Wikidata
link		Drachinifel HMS Hood - Origins of a Legend@			Wikidata
link		NavWeaps The Loss of HMS Hood: A Re-Examination@			Wikidata
link		naval-history.net article@			Wikidata
link		uboat.net article@			Wikidata
conflict	1940	Attack on Mers-El-Kebir			Wikidata
incident	1916	keel laying			Wikidata
incident	1916	order			Wikidata
incident	1941	shipwrecking			Wikidata
incident	1920	ship commissioning			Wikidata
incident	1918	ship launching			Wikidata
incident	1941	sinking			Wikidata
image		Amm.Lancelot Holland			Wikimedia
image		Arrival of sailors from HMS Hood at Willunga(GN03726)			Wikimedia
image		Battlecruiser HMS Hood - IWM Q 75272			Wikimedia
image		Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1998-035-05, Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Seegefecht			Wikimedia
image		Collier's 1921 Navy, The - British Super-Dreadnought Hood			Wikimedia
image		Family walking down a Willunga street during arrival of sailors from HMS Hood(GN03719)			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood HU76081			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood HU108391			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood a battleship in World War 2 sunk by the Bismarck			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood ca.1928 RMG PY0993			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood h60404			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood on speed trials (Warships To-day, 1936)			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood steam launch in Vancouver Harbour			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood stern view date & Location unknown. (49694129776)			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood vs HMS Renown propeller nugget			Wikimedia
image		HMS Hood, outline and plan (Warships To-day, 1936)			Wikimedia
image		Hawaii - Honolulu			Wikimedia
image		"Hood"%20(8606%20x%201052%20x%2032'%20draft%20and%2045,000%20tons%20displacement)%20shown%20rounding%20apex%20of%20turn,%20loca%20-%20DPLA%20-%20d09e538df32a50d6e50f50418bc71352.JPG La Pita Point Improvement Project: Looking South from 150 fl elevation, North end HMS "Hood" (8606 x 1052 x 32' draft and 45,000 tons displacement) shown rounding apex of turn, location slightly West of mid-channel, Station 1660 7/24/24			Wikimedia
image		Original photo was taken by Wright & Logan (british photographers of Southsea) on 1st of june 1931.			Wikimedia
image		Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting Hood's loss during her engagement with the Bismarck on 24 May 1941. HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.			Wikimedia
image		Sailors from HMS Hood at Willunga Recreation Grounds(GN03721)			Wikimedia
image		Sailors from HMS Hood at Willunga Recreation Grounds(GN03723)			Wikimedia
image		Sydney ferry KUTTABUL seen from HMS Hood 1924 (likely April)			Wikimedia
image		Visit to Willunga by the sailors from HMS Hood - parading down the street(GN03717)			Wikimedia
image		Visit to Willunga by the sailors from HMS Hood - parading down the street(GN03722)			Wikimedia

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