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1:700 HMS HOOD 1931
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TR5741]
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HMS
HOOD 1941
Length overall: 262.3m
Beam: 32.0m
Displacement: 42560t
The third and last HOOD was the mighty battle cruiser, which was laid
down in 1915 as a class of four, and finally completed until 1920.
Certainly she was the most powerful warship of her day and her
displacement of 41,200 tons made far and away the heaviest capital ship
in the world for Twenty years. In September 1940, Hood spent the winter
of 1940-41 on patrols in the northern waters around Iceland watching
over any attempted break out by German heavy units. She was thus still
employed in May 1941 when Bismarck and Prince Eugen got through the
Patrols. Hood and the brand new battleship the Prince of Wales were
dispatched to intercept and destroy the German Ships before they broke
loose on the British Convoy routes. 24 May 1941, fire was opened at
05.52 at a range of 25,000 yards and Hood and the Prince of Wales were
steering towards Bismarck to close the range. The German ship at once
replied very accurately and on her third salvo she hit Hood close to
the main mast setting her on fire. At 05.55 the British ships began to
turn broadside on to the Germans to enable all guns to open fire. As
they did so Bismarck fifth salvo struck Hood with devastating effect. A
thousand feet high explosion tore her apart and she split in two
sinking in less than two minutes. There were only three survivors from
her crew of 1,415. |
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