BBC6 年
Remembering HMS Hood, the mighty warship launched in Clydebank
The battlecruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 August 1918. Until the commissioning of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, there had never been a ...
National Interest on MSN1 个月
HMS Hood was the Battlecruiser That Was Destined to Fail
Indeed, the loss of HMS Hood in 1941 is a history lesson not just for understanding what declining empires look like. It’s a ...
National Interest on MSN1 个月
Last Battle of the Bismarck: How Britain’s Navy Took Down Germany’s Mightiest Battleship
What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of ...