BBC11 个月
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 ...
PBS7 年
The Ships
Despite this tragic loss, the Admiralty went on to build Hood. She was improved in a number of ways but still lacked armour protection. Launched on 22 August 1918, HMS Hood was the 13th and final ...