Dates: 1920 - 1941
HMS Hood (Pennant number 51) Battlecruiser. Complement: 1921 - 1169; 1941 - 1418.
Commissioned on 15 May 1920. Lost 24 May 1941
In the inter-war years she was the largest warship in the world. She was popularly known as the Mighty Hood. In 1931 her crew took part in the Invergordon Mutiny.
Lost in Battle of Denmark Strait with Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, which she had been pursuing. Of the 1,418 aboard, only 3 survived.
Wreck:
The wreck of Hood was discovered in 3,000 metres of water in July 2001. In 2002, the site officially became a war grave by its designation the British government as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act.
Relics:
2 of Hood’s 5.5-inch (140 mm) guns, having been removed during a refit in 1934, were subsequently shipped to Ascension Island where they were installed as a shore battery in 1941. A similar mounting, involving a single gun, survives on the Faroe Islands.
Fragments of propeller, from collision with HMS Renown January 1935. Of the two known surviving pieces, one is in the keeping of The Hood Association.
Stations:
Flagship Battle Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet
Empire Cruise 1923-24 of 38,152 miles starting and ending at Devonport.
Mediterranean Fleet July 1936.
Battle Cruiser Squadron of the the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow June 1939
Association:
HMS Hood Association
98 Monarch Drive
Worcester
WR2 6EU
E-mail: admin@hmshood.com
Website: http://www.hmshood.com/
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Hood
" Splendid although it was ,do you think we were politacally correct to have Blue v Red in case we upset the French or Spanish ? Why is’nt Drakes victory commemerated in such a way after all Drake prevented an invasion ? How would we feel if the Germans celebrated HMS HOOD day? or the ..."
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" Thoroughly enjoyed the programme and taped it so I can watch it again.For Gordon, not only has Dr Robert Ballard (The man who found the Titanic/Olympic) found the Bismark, there is a book and a video about her. The back end is broken off. They have also found the remains of the battlecruiser, HMS ..."
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" Hello, I am trying to find out about my grandfather, William Cochrane, from the Isle of Man. He was in the navy from 1934 to 1960 and I think he served on:-HMS Rodney, HMS Hood, HMS Alaunia,HMS Warrior(aircraft carrier Korean Campaign), RNAS Crail, HMS Pickle, HMS Hound, HMS Flatholme, I don’t have any dates. I would appreciate any information about him,Thanks, Caron. "
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" Quoting: caron cochrane Hello, I am trying to find out about my grandfather, William Cochrane, from the Isle of Man. He was in the navy from 1934 to 1960 and I think he served on:-HMS Rodney, HMS Hood, HMS Alaunia,HMS Warrior(aircraft carrier Korean Campaign), RNAS Crail, HMS Pickle, HMS ..."
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" Hi All, My first post, on behalf of my bootneck father! At the end of a visit ashore, (at the culmination of a Combined Exercise) a fatal accident occurred on a pontoon by the shore steps. The pontoon flipped for some reason (my father always suggested poor control of personnel) and certainly ..."
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