HMS Hood Disaster: The Fatal Flaws That Sank Britain's Battlecruiser in WWII. ​#HMSHood ​#WW2NavalHistory ​#WarshipFailures | MKR History Story

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On May the 24th 1941 the flagship of the British Royal Navy, HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck during what is known as the Battle of the Denmark Strait. To commemorate 80 years from this terrible loss of life and the story of this ship - that shouldn't be reduced to her sinking - we had again the pleasure to talk with our friend naval architect Dr. Stephen Payne. He brings us back to the age of the Dreadnought Battleships in the early 20th Century, explains the naval concept of

Battlecruiser HMS Hood. In May 1941, Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were en route to the Atlantic, where they were to attack convoys. On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank with the loss of all but 3 of her crew of 1,418. - IWM - Royal Navy #reel #video #trending #viral #ship #navy #royalnavy #reels #videoofthe

Have you seen people purposely sinking a boat? A demolition team’s mission - to sink the USS Oriskany, a 900-foot-long aircraft carrier, the most complex and best-built ship in naval warfare, to create the largest artificial reef in the world. #Battleship #Sinking #Vietnamwar #America | Free Documentary