Trumpeter 05741 HMS HOOD 1931  [TP05741]

HMS HOOD 1941 Length general: 262.3m Beam: 32.0m Displacement: 42560t the 3rd and final HOOD was in fact the mighty battle cruiser, that has been set straight down in 1915 as a class of four, finally completed until 1920. Truly she ended up being one of the most effective warship of the woman day plus the woman displacement of 41,200 tons produced by far the heaviest money ship on earth for two decades. In September 1940, Hood spent the wintertime of 1940-41 on patrols in north waters around Iceland viewing over any tried bust away by German hefty devices. She ended up being thus nevertheless utilized in might 1941 whenever Bismarck and Prince Eugen got through Patrols. Hood and the unique battleship the Prince of Wales were dispatched to intercept and destroy the German Ships before they broke loose about the Uk Convoy paths. 24 May 1941, fire was exposed at 05.52 at a variety of 25,000 yards and Hood and also the Prince of Wales had been steering towards Bismarck to close the quantity. The German ship at the same time reacted actually accurately and on her third salvo she hit Hood near to the primary mast establishing the lady unstoppable. At 05.55 the Uk vessels started initially to turn broadside concerning the Germans allow all firearms to start fire. Simply because they did so Bismarck 5th salvo struck Hood with harmful effect. 1000 feet high explosion tore the woman apart and she split in 2 sinking within just two moments. There have been just three survivors from the woman team of 1,415.

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