More than 2,000 German sailors lost their lives. Sinking of WW2 ship HMS Hood commemorated HMS Hood's bell unveiled 75 years after shelled ship sank How Scotland helped sink the Bismarck Rear ...

Among the pursuers were the newly commissioned battleship HMS Prince of Wales and ... s shells went through the deck of Hood and caused a catastrophic explosion, splitting the battle cruiser ...

What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and ... out of control ...

Royal Navy divers changed the White Ensign on the wreck of HMS Vanguard as part of ... caused by an accidental magazine explosion, resulted in the ship sinking almost immediately.