HMS HOOD: HISTORIC FOOTAGE

Historic footage of HMS Hood on the Clyde and at sea, painting a picture of the ship and her crew and some of the places that they visited, then moving on to underwater footage of the discovery of her wreck in the Denmark Strait in 2001.
Compiled and edited by Rob White. This is the closing event in a weekend of events marking the 80th anniversary of HMS Hood's final departure from Scapa Flow on March 21st 1941. The programme is organised by Another Orkney Production and hosted by Orkney International Science Festival.
Friday 21 May
7.00 - 8.00 pm
HMS HOOD, LAST OF HER KIND
Discussion with Commander William Sutherland RN (retired), Commander David Hobbs, MBE RN (retired), Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks, Graeme Lunn, and Rob White. Introduced by Captain Chris Smith, Regional Commander RN Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• HMS HOOD, LAST OF HER ...
8.30 - 9.45 pm
THE HMS HOOD ASSOCIATION
The Association’s chairman, Cdr William Sutherland, with its vice-chairman Rob White and its president Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks, describes its work and how it was established in 1975 by a group of former crew members including two of the three survivors of the sinking. Members of the society include family members of sailors lost with the ship, veteran sailors and enthusiasts interested in naval history.
• THE HMS HOOD ASSOCIATION
Saturday 22 May
2.00 - 3.00 pm
BUILDING HMS HOOD
Renowned maritime historian and author Ian Johnston tells the story of the ship’s construction at the John Brown shipyard, Clydebank, from receipt of the order in April 1916 to completion in January 1920, using photographs taken by the resident shipyard photographers, by courtesy of the National Records of Scotland.
• BUILDING HMS HOOD
3.30 - 4.30 pm
HMS HOOD TO AUSTRALIA
Naval historian Graeme Lunn gives an account of HMS Hood's visit to Australia and the Empire Cruise of 1923-4.
• HMS HOOD TO AUSTRALIA
7.00 - 8.00 pm
ORKNEY’S ROLE IN THE HUNT FOR BISMARCK
Naval historian and author Commander David Hobbs describes how the movement of ships in Scapa Flow was controlled in wartime; the events from Hood's departure from the Flow on Friday 21st 1941 up to her loss in the Denmark Strait; and the critical role played by 771 Naval Air Squadron and RNAS Hatston.
• ORKNEY'S ROLE IN THE H...
8.15 - 8.45 pm
FILM: FOR YEARS UNSEEN
Rob White’s documentary tells the story of the recovery of HMS Hood’s ship’s bell (with thanks to Paul G. Allen) after many years’ hard work by renowned wreck finder David Mearns who first discovered the ship in 2001 for a Channel 4 series about the great battlecruiser. The title is derived from Lost Sailors, a book of poetry by Bee Kenchington, whose brother was lost with the Hood.
• HMS Hood 'For Years Un...
9.00 - 9.45 pm
FOR YEARS UNSEEN; DISCUSSION ON THE FILM
An opportunity for questions and discussion of the film For Years Unseen with the filmmaker Rob White and world-renowned marine researcher and wreck finder David Mearns who is featured in the film, along with Cdr William Sutherland, Cdr David Hobbs, Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks, Ian Johnston and Graeme Lunn.
Rob White's film tells the story of the recovery of the ship's bell from HMS Hood.
• FOR YEARS UNSEEN: DISC...
9.45 - 9.55 pm
HMS HOOD: HISTORIC FOOTAGE

[@absjones2916]

Rest in peace all. We remember you. 🇬🇧

[@funnydylan9834]

A beautiful ship, yet a grim and sobering reminder of war. Never again shall we have this kind of war. “In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.” - Herodotus. RIP to the Sailors of HMS Hood and to those who fought the Atlantic War. You are never and shall never be forgotten. 😢❤🙏🏻💐🇺🇸🇬🇧🇩🇪

[@geoffburrill9850]

We will never see such a fine ship again. R.i.p. all who died with her. Let the Mighty Hood never be forgot

[@jingram58]

After 26 years in the US Navy, who modeled everything after the Royal Navy, I would like to say that HMS Hood was a beautiful ship. So sad that Bismarck found the mark. Much like our USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

The composition of this footage with its accompanying soundtrack swells my heart, but also nearly reduces me to tears. Just beautiful. Thank you.

[@daveoaf]

Still the most beautiful ship ever built

[@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm]

Right. And unmistakably British in style.

[@5commandomerc]

HMS Hood is a beautiful ship and all. I'd have to give the distinction of sexy beast to USS Texas.

[@rs1023]

Opinions vary. My dad served aboard the USS Washington (BB-56) in WW2, so I'm pretty partial to her. @@5commandomerc

[@davida.4925]

Rest in peace all. We remember you, too. 🇺🇸

[@hellhound47bravo3]

Given that the early scenes were filmed in 1939, it's very likely that the majority of the crew pictured on the Hood were with her when she went down. Nasty thing to think about.

[@tectorama]

Hard to think that only three men survived when she blew up. I was working in an empty house several years ago, and had to take the old lino up. Underneath were lots of old news papers from just before WWII. In one of them, there was a photo of a sailor home on leave with his wife and baby. He was from HMS Hood.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

If the news article had the sailor's name, then you can see if he was unfortunate enough to be onboard at the time of her destruction by viewing the crew lists on the HMS Hood association website. I love finding "time capsules" like that when working on a house. Hope it was in good enough condition to keep.

[@tectorama]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Unfortunately, I didn't keep it, and someone came in and threw a lot of the papers away. I still have some, but they are very brittle.

[@justhimo2728]

the GOD wisdom all you can to do is do prayers to them maybe they hear you.

[@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm]

There is a legend, saying, that survivors from the Hood were FOUR, and not three. The fourth 'survivor' revealed himself later as deserteur, who attempted to avoid punishment for desertion by 'fabrication' of another survivor from Britain's best-known warship.

[@mariaclerkin8674]

Not sure what make-believe has to do with anything.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Beautiful ship, beautiful music. Tragic to see the calibre of the young lads at 1:48, either joined up pre-war to forge a life for themselves, or called up for conscripted service at the start of the war, only to meet an awful fate on 24th May 1941. God bless their memory.

[@markallan3842]

Britain will never see the like again !

[@paulcaswell2813]

A truly magnificent ship. Looking at the crew in the first minute or so - I wonder how many of those filmed were on board just a couple of years later? RIP.

[@joebutterman3084]

I have her picture. Signed by Lt Briggs. May God Bless the Royal Navy.

[@davidcann4329]

A beautiful ship, unfortunately was technically obsolete the moment she was completed, the design was changed over and over again whilst she was being built because of the lessons learnt at Jutland. Over the years leading up to WWII, Hood should have been modernised and completely refitted, but as a major capital ship in the Royal Navy, she was always needed and this never happened. To all the crew who lost their lives in May 1941, rest in peace and god bless you all.

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

You nailed it, brother. I’ve heard every excuse in the book why Hood wasn’t brought up to date, including “The dog ate my battlecruiser.”

[@Inkling777]

You might say her looks did her in. She was so beautiful, she got more than her share of 'show the flag' cruises in the years before WWII. That left too little time for refits.

[@aldenunion]

May her grave never be plundered or poached ,and if must,may a fragile charge teach them a lesson.

[@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm]

Worth mentioning is, that HMS 'Hood' had become to an Icon of the Empire, as the World's greatest warship.

[@plumpsh]

What an amazing tribute to HMS Hood - Well done !

[@adrianhughes8143]

HMS HOOD A BRITISH LEGEND WITH HEROES AS HER CREW RIP. ❤😭💂‍♂️💂‍♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@tyrantking1916]

The clearance of the footage is amazing Like it was filmed just yesterday

[@arohk1579]

I keep trying to find out more about my Uncle who was on her, I would love to know what he did and where he was located. She was such a lovely ship. May all her crew R.I.P.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

What was his name? (not a trick question, btw)

[@Project_Prescott]

I had a relative on the Hood when she sank

[@allgood6760]

Salute and respect to your uncle 🇳🇿

[@arohk1579]

@@allgood6760 Thank you, I did find out from my mom he was posted to Hood not long before she left on that fateful day.

[@allgood6760]

@@arohk1579 kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2K4l5Zona5nfK8 This is the song called Sink The Bismarck by Johnny Horrton...Bismarck was a great ship and so was the Hood.. take care mate👍🇳🇿

[@MrBramMoos]

absolutly great footage.

[@dutchman7216]

That was wonderful thank you.

[@WojciechWachniewski-st1zm]

Once Flagship of the World; now in eternal service. Rest in peace, we will remember you.

[@mehusla]

Unspeakable nostalgia ❤

[@stanleydomalewski8497]

Great Video ! Thanks for Sharing !

[@JohnnieE1961]

Great film - thanks

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

May she always be remembered

[@allgood6760]

Awesome video👍.. RIP😔

[@grahamprice3230]

What a shame that the name could not be used on a Royal Navy warship today in remembrance of a fine ship without tarnishing her memory .Who knows, maybe.?

[@vasilileung2204]

3:45 Warspite signalling she’s out of tea

[@theworldaccordingtochris4370]

Beautiful 😢

[@jaysonnunley6602]

need more vids like this of other ships

[@Project_Prescott]

1:28 Iron Duke moment

[@boas7742]

Mighty hood the pride of the fleet sunk by an unlucky shot

[@davehconner]

I have mixed feelings about the bell being taken from a ship that went down fighting. The bell can now be seen by those who wish to honor the Hood and her crew, but now the ship and crew have lost their bell. I think the best place for that bell is the place where it was taken from.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Paul Allen, co-founder of microsoft, who carried out the expedition to locate HMS Hood incredibly stumbled on one of her Bells whilst filming the wreckage and before ANY action was taken he suggested the idea of the recovery of the bell to the British govt, and the HMS Hood Association (Which represents the interests of the families of those who served or were lost onboard Hood). Both agreed to the recovery, and so a second expedition was held to recover the bell, which is now at the Royal Navy Museum at Portsmouth UK.

[@HiddenHistoryYT]

Brilliant

[@k956upg]

I have a spoon that was sold to a sailor onboard & it’s now on the wall in Swanage pier dive shops museum area with the picture of the sailor & description etc.

[@U2QuoZepplin]

She was too much of a poster girl for The British Empire during peacetime when she should have been in drydock being refitted and updated and probably having her deck armour reenforced. We will never know how much of a difference that would have made but since Prince of Wales was a brand new battleship and she had to retreat from the battle ,it's possible Hood would have suffered some other fate up against the fearsome Bismark.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

But was just as possible that Bismarck may have also suffered another fate against Hood.

[@barryolaith]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 However, she didn't.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@barryolaith True.... there but for the grace of God.

[@pauldickens5246]

Upgrading probably wouldn't have changed the outcome. Bismarck hit her midship within the first few salvos. The whole exchange was surprisingly brief.

[@rs1023]

Exactly!

[@globaleye8]

My late father-in-law was a main armament gunner on Hood in about 1928 - he would often relate that the ratings were made to run around the full deck to wake them up 😁 and that she was known as a "wet ship" in heavy seas would "run gunwales under " - we shall not see the likes of their generation again.

[@RAYGAZOIL]

Please, what does "wet ship" means?

[@neilrobinson1956]

My grandfather was a Stoker on Hood 1927 to 1929, have all his papers, some photos and his Stoker's training manuals. Amazing information about this beautiful ship,

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@RAYGAZOIL During her building in Scotland, Hood had an extra 5000 tons of weight, (3500 tons of which was armour) added to her before she was launched. One of the negative results of that additional weight was that she sat far lower in the water than she was originally designed to (especially her lower quarterdeck), so in rough weather the seas would regularly wash over her decks and the water finding its way inside the ship made living conditions on board less than favourable, hence her being known as a "wet ship". The joke that ran amongst her crew prewar was that the Hood was "the Royal Navy's largest submarine".

[@RAYGAZOIL]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Thank you for your explanation. I like it, and the final joke too!

[@marcvslicinivscrassvs7536]

Dang man how old are you???

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Can any ship spotters tell me which ship is captured at 3:52.... my visual acuity is failing me on that one.

[@Iphone-gp9oo]

Repulse

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@Iphone-gp9oo Thank you for the response. What throws me off is that funnel cowling on the forward funnel. I've not seen any images of Repulse that show such a cowlng fitted. Also to my eyes the two funnels look too far apart for Repulse.

[@Al.J_02]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 I had another look and I'd actually say that this ship is a french La Galissonniere-Class Light Cruiser.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@Al.J_02 EXCELLENT ship spotting there "Gvanbn". I'm convinced you're absolutely right. Probably taking part in joint exercises in the Atlantic prewar. Thank you for settling that question to my satisfaction.

[@mariaclerkin8674]

That section from the other ship up to the crewmen climbing out of Y turret to chase his coat is on another thread here, comments, there, identify it as Repulse; personally, I’ve no idea.

[@nico.bruhwiler1280]

Il aurait jamais dû se mesurer contre le Bismarck ! Il était pas de la même génération ; magnifique croiseur dommage ! RIP a tous ses hommes qui on donner leur vie pour vaincre le troisième reich .

[@justhimo2728]

I love the uniforms 😍 so beautiful wow so sad young men's dosen't get married or have children 💔 die in the sea horrific end , this is the huge problem in the past when people saying the big ships dosen't sink

[@funnydylan9834]

“In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.” - Herodotus. May the sailors find peace wherever they are. 🙏🏻✝️🇬🇧

[@marcocunego3326]

The greatest navy submarine, somebody said

[@tombrydson781]

Lest we forget never

[@vengeance2825]

Sailing to her destiny.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

A lady with balls.

[@jiriwilly2659]

Nice but at 1:28 it is not HMS Hood.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

WW1 battleship HMS Iron Duke.

[@robertewing3114]

The cameraman was on Hood, officer Grogan

[@lukereynolds9907]

Why did she have such a low front could it cope with rough sees

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Hydrodynamics. High, flared bows such as those found on Yamato and the "Atlantic Bow" found on German ships cause quite a lot of drag especially as a ship is propelled through rough seas and therefore reduces the ship's speed (and also decreases the ship's fuel efficiency). Also the British admiralty "plans division" which created the design requirements for future British warships stipulated for a long time that capital ships should be able to fire their main guns directly ahead at low elevation which required the bow to be not so steeply inclined, the downside as you say is that it did cause the ships to suffer from rough seas breaking over the bows. It wasn't something particular to the British. Most of the Kriegsmarine's capital ships were originally designed with bows similar to Hood, and only after their construction were they rebuilt to have what was known as an "atlantic bow", I.E more steeply inclined and flared. If you google images of Bismarck as she was launched you will find some that show her in her original configuration sporting a flattish, unflared bow.

[@lukereynolds9907]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 thankyou for the reply

[@landenfisher585]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 The Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are good examples as well, in combat configuration with the early bow, photos are common

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@landenfisher585 Exactly Landen, well observed. Although the original design had poor seakeeping qualities, there's something squat and powerful looking about the straight stem bow design... like a boxer who fights with both his feet planted flat on the floor.

[@landenfisher585]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 I agree, but the Atlantic bow looks "Modern" and is a pretty good way to determine if a ship is German, I suppose it does depend on the country in the end.

[@michaelmcclellan6944]

I have a rather slim personal connection with the HMS hood....my grandfather once told me when he was a little boy in St. Kitts he took a rowboat around the HMS Hood in the late 1920s and he said it was the second biggest battleship he ever saw....the USS South Dakota in the 1940s he felt was bigger as well more impressive ship.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

A great recollection of your grandfather's excursion. But for sake of accuracy USS South Dakota was nearly 200ft shorter than HMS Hood, as well as being a few thousand tons lighter.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

A brand new modern and gigantic Nazi battleship sinks the pride and joy of the British fleet and then gets knocked out by obsolete first world war biplanes to be blown to smithereens by I don't know how many enemy cruisers herself during her maiden voyage. If I told an alien this story he, she or it wouldn't believe one single word of it.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

2 battleships and 2 cruisers (majority of the work done by just one of the battleships).

[@FrankHeuvelman]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 That's beside the point.

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

The King George 5th class battleships were more modern than the Bismarck and more numerous

[@TheTrytix]

@@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground Bismarck and Tirpitz were arguably larger and possibly more powerful than the King George Vs. However, that doesn't help much when the Brits has like, double the amount of battleships Germany do. Seriously, Bismarck, Tirpitz, Sharnhorst and Gneisenau VS Hood, King George V, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Howe, Anson, Nelson, Rodney, Revenge, Ramilies, Resolution, Royal Oak, Queen Elizabeth, Braham, Warspite, Malaya, Valiant, Renown, Repulse, Iron Duke and Vanguard, is a seriously unfair match up. XD

[@Anakin_Sandy_High_Ground]

@@TheTrytix the KG5s had better armour and a more modern layout than the Bismarck. The radars and other electronics were also a lot more sophisticated. The bigger gun doesn’t automatically mean the better ship

[@jeroendesterke9739]

7:58 - no sign of Ted Briggs.

[@dunko45]

Ihad a second cousin on ship when hog sunk imust come see bell soon

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Do you know his name?

[@josephdans7120]

Hood looked very wet but beautiful…hate seeing a shoe by the wreck…

[@ErwinSmith001]

FROM THE MIST, A SHAPE, A SHIP IS TAKING FORM

[@jabba7746]

Yeah, you're on the wrong video for Sabaton here

[@ErwinSmith001]

@@jabba7746 I don't think so.

[@jabba7746]

@@ErwinSmith001 Pretty sure that line is referring to Sussex and Norfolk when Bismarck turned tail to give Prinz Eugen the chance to escape in the fog that had settled, so yeah wrong video seeing there's no footage of those 4 ships.

[@Al.J_02]

@@ErwinSmith001 Please continue to write those lyrics in every goddamn video. It only gets more epic after the 6000th time.

[@norbertpohler-yx7bs]

Wie kann man einem Schiff seine Schiffsglicken entnehmen 😢 schaffen auch nur die Briten

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

Battle cruisers not designed to fight battleships, but that’s exactly what navies did with them. Stupid concept in the first place.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Hood was a proto fast battleship with slightly anaemic deck armour, which as it turned out likely had no bearing on her sinking.

[@Wolf-hh4rv]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Crucial in the outcome, a plunging shell was able to penetrate the deck armour and trigger an explosion in a magazine. The Hood was furiously trying to close the distance to avoid plunging fire.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@Wolf-hh4rv The plunging fire theory doesn't stand up to closer scrutiny. V/Adm Holland HAD cleared the "danger zone" of plunging fire, only to then succumb to a million to one shot likely finding an obscure "Achilles' heel" in her vertical armour.

[@rs1023]

Actually the plunging fire theory does stand up pretty well to scrutiny as Bismark's 1760lb AP shells hit Hood at a range of about 22,000 yards. At that distance Bismarck's 15" AP shells could penetrate 3.5" of deck armor and Hood's armored deck was 3" thick. The "diving shell" concept is a bit dubious, but theoretically possible. However, concerns over "diving shells" prompted the U.S. Navy to opt for both sloped and VERY deep main belts for its "fast battleships" which in turn gave excellent torpedo protection. @@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@rs1023 Read ANY book on the Denmark Strait engagement and you will see that at the time of her destruction HMS Hood was approximately 17-18,000 yards (between 8-9 nautical miles) distant from Bismarck. Now looking at contemporary German navy data tables (from the AVKS or "ArtillerieVersuchKommondo vor Schiff" or Naval artillery evaluation command) and you will see that at that range a shell fired from Bismarck's 38cm SK c/34 had a angle of fall (AoF) of approx 11º. British admiralty testing of Hood's armour scheme prewar showed that her 3" deck armour was proof against incoming 15" shellfire at anywhere under 20º AoF. The same AVKS table shows that even at 22,000 yards range Bismarck's shells had an AoF of 16.4º.... still theoretically incapable of penetrating 3 inches of horizontal armour. The shortest range where the German AVKS tables show an AoF of 20º is at 25,000 yards. So Hood at 17 - 18,000 yards had a good safety margin for the 3" armour over her magazines. It was the very reason why V/Adm Holland had raced to close the distance, and having done so then commenced a turn to port to open his aft gunnery arcs, only for Bismarck to then land a shot that likely fell short and penetrated under Hood's 12" thick main armour belt.

[@Kulafu438]

Bismarck vs hms hood bismarck won Mighty Yamato vs uss missouri who win?

[@richhughes7450]

Nobody knows for sure if it was a shell from Bismark or Prince Eugen that did for her or even if it was an internal accident as she turned sharply to fire on Bismark

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@richhughes7450 If it was a shell from Prinz Eugen, it was a miraculous shell indeed !!! Prinz Eugen was firing at HMS Prince of Wales at the moment of Hood's demise.

[@richhughes7450]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 says who. It's known both ships fired on Hood and both had hits. Pow was firing at Bismarc and damaged it. Bismarc needed to go to port for repairs but did not get there.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@richhughes7450 Absolutely correct that both German ships DID initially fire at HMS Hood, and the first hit landed on Hood was indeed by Prinz Eugen (It was actually PE's 2nd salvo that landed at least 1 hit on Hood's boat deck, setting light to various "ready ammuntion" lockers for her secondary and AA weapons. Bismarck's chief gunnery officer requested Admiral Lütjens to order PE to redirect its fire towards HMS Prince of Wales before 05.58, and as a result of the order PE fired her 7th & 8th salvoes at HMS PoW before HMS Hood blew up.

[@JK-br1mu]

The 9th SS Panzer

[@jeffadams9807]

Had The Sharnhorst Been With Bismarck & Prince Eugene, The Hood & Prince of Wales BOTH Would've Been In Bigger Trouble...

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Coulda shoulda woulda.....as my kids used to say.

[@ryanelcock948]

But the Kriegsmarine was a bag of shit and had no idea what they were doing.

[@richhughes7450]

If Hms Warspite or Hms Rodney had been there, they would have been in trouble

[@jabba7746]

Had the Bismarck been built better perhaps it may have survived a torpedo hit from an outdated biplane and not sunk on its maiden voyage.

[@weebtastic8258]

@jabba7746 The problem was the rudders. They were in exposed positions. She continued her journey and got sunk 3 days later after heavy fire from a bunch of big ships. So.i would say it was a very well-built ship

[@carlosamerico6452]

Um Navio como o Hood só deveria ter enfrentado o Bismarck com o apoio da Frota toda de Scarpa Flow.

[@thecurlew7403]

Looking at Hood they built her wrong if they had made her without the cutting at the back like kjv battleship would allow better deck armour and built about 4 Germany would think twice before confrontation so when building the bismark it had to be bigger stronger and if Germany had more bismarks plus cruisers would have been harder to shift of the sea of course airpower would control the way ahead.

[@cliveburt2638]

4 were laid down, but due to the end of WW1 3 were halted. She had a better coverage of armour than the very successful QE class. By 1939 she needed a rebuild, to rationalise the various refits - which added bits of armour - and to replace her 20 year old engine machinery.

[@samuel10125]

Ironically she schedule for her deck to get an armour upgrade.

[@Al.J_02]

@@samuel10125 There's nothing ironic about it. Hood's Deck was not penetrated by Bismarck.

[@kevinjohnbetts]

@@Al.J_02 If I remember Drachinifel's video correctly the best theory is that the fatal hit was below the waterline by a shell that landed maybe 10 yards short?

[@Al.J_02]

@@kevinjohnbetts It does appear that this is the most likely cause. I would not be confident about the shell penetrating the 7 ich belt (above the 12 inch belt ) and making it's way into the magazine from there. Hood's armoured Decks were arranged in three layers, so a light 15 inch shell entering at a flat trajectory would likely have skidded off the surface, shattered or exploded shortly after entry. That is, if the fuse actually worked properly. A dud shell could have been the cause, since HMS Hood and practically all ships before her did not have an extended below the waterline armoured belt, such as Prince of Wales, which received a hit below the Waterline that did not explode. If the German shells did indeed possess diving capabilities then I doubt this was intentional, since the development of such shells had only really entered development in the French and Imperial Japanese Navy.

[@user-wg6mv4df6k]

Superb German gunnery sent HMS Hood to Old Davy Jones Locker .

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

You forgot the million to one luck.

[@user-wg6mv4df6k]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Sir. OK .

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 Even if she hadn’t disintegrated, Hood was on fire, her foretop main gunnery plot was destroyed, Her Y turret was having problems, and both German ships had found the range and were straddling and hitting her. How long do you think she would have survived? Why don’t you grow up? All you’re wishing and hoping and dreaming isn’t going to bring the Hood back.

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

You said it, brother. The German 380 mm naval rifle, with its high muzzle velocity and flat trajectory, was one deadly weapon. Couple that with the excellent Carl Zeiss optics, and you’ve got the perfect weapon for medium range gunnery combat.

[@akaj188]

@@lumberlikwidator8863 Sir Very well said. Thanks

[@justhimo2728]

GOD wisdom.

[@mariaclerkin8674]

Que?

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

HMS Hood dying in battle was a grim yet honorable end for a warship, it was her fate to die in battle, better to be remembered in songs and tales than scrapped! Removing the bell, was a horrible mistake, it's going to be a beacon for future ultra-nationalist imperialists because I will say this if you have the technology and therefore the power, you would invade and conquer your neighbors, if England had nukes in WW II it would have used them, first Germany, then Ireland, The bells of KMS Gneisenau, Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper, have been well preserved since their ship's fates were different, are being restored to mint condition and the second ship bell for the KMS Tirpitz, forged from the remains of her old steel is under production, to be placed in memorial centers that I can understand,

[@stephenhornish2048]

Better for1,415 men to die so we get songs and a tale, do you know how insane you sound? Also when an Allied war ship sinks raising the bell as a monument is a sign of ultra nationalism and imperialism but when a Nazi warship's bell is preserved or when a new one is being forged then its totally fine! /s

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@stephenhornish2048 Don't bother responding to this dingbat... he has previously written comments about "How Bismarck was due to be fitted with the V2" and another that stated she had "Schwerer Gustav" (the super heavy German railway gun) onboard... I kid you NOT !!!!

[@Juggernaut30]

Such a waste of men and material!😣

[@Ethan.401]

She was not a waste of men or materials

[@Juggernaut30]

@@Ethan.401 War is, and will ALWAYS be, a waste of men and material!!

[@Ethan.401]

@@Juggernaut30 What if you're liberating a country which was murdering many innocent people "Cough Cough germany) is that a waste?

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

What was the option? Not fight nazi Germany? and still have death camps mass mudering millions in Europe to this day? Think more, type less.

[@rs1023]

HMS Hood was a glorious ship that for 20 years was the epitome of naval power.......and that was her problem. She was designed at a time when naval gunnery duels were rarely if ever fought beyond 20,000 yards which meant that in 1920, when she was commissioned the only warships in the world that could pierce her 3" deck at ranges slightly under 20,000 yards were the 14" gun and 16" gun armed American battleships and America was an ally of the U.K. By 1939, battle ranges were greater and HMS Hood was vulnerable. Rather than almost continuously have the Hood traveling the world......the Royal Navy should've rebuilt the Hood rather than the HMS Renown in the mid 1930's. Hood's rebuild would've gotten rid of the conning tower (saving hundreds of tons), replacing her large water-tube boilers with small tube higher pressure boilers and multi-stage turbines (saving nearly 2500 tons) and her "mis-mash" of secondary and AA guns (saving a couple hundred tons). The refitted Hood would've had a 6" main deck, a deep 12" sloped belt, a tower bridge (like KGV), 15" guns with elevations to greater than 30 degrees, new small tube boilers to keep her speed at 31 knots and a new DP secondary battery of either 4.5" guns or 5.25" guns (like in King George V class). The refitted Hood would've IMHO easily been a match for Bismarck as her armor protection would've been superior.

[@drunkensamurai3172]

it was primitive compared to the Bismarck

[@pilotmix.2317]

Used and worn. An upgrade and a refit and she will easily be an equal to Bismarck

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Far from it. Bismarck was simply a slightly updated version of Hood, with all the same major outdated design choices as Hood. Hood had the excuse of being 21 years old at the time of her destruction. Bismarck was less than 1 year old. Bismarck was primitive when compared to the far better designed & 13 year older HMS Rodney, who sported superior firepower AND armour in a package 30% lighter than Bismarck.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@SensualDigest She was ripped apart mostly by an RN battleship that was 13 years older than her, had superior firepower AND armour and was also 30% lighter than Bismarck. Believe me the work load of Bismarck's laundry team went through the roof when HMS Rodney sailed out of the early morning mist on the 27th May 1941.

[@Al.J_02]

@Ben When Hood was launched she was the most advanced warship of her time. When Bismarck was launched she was outgunned, outarmoured and all in all the least capable of the final generation of battleships when viewed by stats. Daddy of Warships? Bollocks!

[@drunkensamurai3172]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 a plane had disabled the Bismarck though before that ?

[@Blank.025]

Imagine getting ammo rack'd

[@ryanelcock948]

Imagine getting your rudder jammed then not being able to manoeuvre because of bad screw layout and bad ship design in general.

[@thatleo8573]

Imagine not being able to shoot down a slow biplane.

[@danbatesy5492]

Imagine not being able to use the radio equipment because of the guns.

[@jabba7746]

Imagine being sunk on your first real voyage out of port.

[@thatleo8573]

Imagine your AA guns having a low rate of fire

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

Pretty but very overrated ship. Much loved, but her main claim to fame was sailing all over the world like the Good Ship Lollipop. Hood, Repulse and Renown were eggshells armed with hammers.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Why give away your complete lack of knowledge by lumping Hood in with Repulse and Renown? That's like equating a king tiger to a M4 sherman because they are both "tanks".

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 I know very little about armored land vehicles, but I do know my naval architecture. Hood’s armor scheme was obsolescent almost a decade before she was completed. The US Navy pioneered the all-or-nothing armor system with the Nevada, which was designed well before the battle of Jutland. Hood wasted much of her displacement on thin and medium armor which would only serve as bursters of armor piercing shells. This flimsy armor would do her no good in a heavy gun battle. In order to have protection comparable to contemporary American battleships Hood would need to be redesigned from the keel up. By the spring of 1941 her armor was thirty years out of date. She should have been scrapped on the stocks or converted into an aircraft carrier like Lexington and Saratoga. Good day.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@lumberlikwidator8863 "I know my naval architechture"..... but still you lump Hood, Renown & Repulse together like they were sister ships. Don't bore me with a load of yankee BS flannel. Tell me how good USS Arizona was... blown apart by one jap SAP bomb.

[@awandrew11]

The Arizona blew up under Jap bomb which pierced her deck armour.Were the Jap bombs heavier than the Bismarck's shells or was Arizona equally flimpsy as the Hood under WW2 dynamite?

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@awandrew11 Hood was hit by a 15" APC (armour piercing capped) shell that weighed 800kg (1764lbs). USS Arizona was penetrated by a Japanese naval 16.1" shell that had been converted into a 797kg (1757lbs) semi armour piercing bomb.

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

Don’t blame the ship, or her crew... blame the Royal Navy leaders who not only pushed the HMS Hood beyond it’s fighting capabilities, but put it to lead the HMS Prince of Wales who was not even ready for action. One of the two German ships was enough to face both, and I am not talking about the KMS Bismarck How many ships did the Royal Navy lost by horrible leadership? How many cruisers at Jutland? How many ships in WW2??? HMS Hood died that day, HMS Prince of Wales died alongside cruiser HMS Repulse in a worse way later... “Japan is weak, two capital ships are enough to scare them”. How many lives were lost unnecessarily? At least Bismarck’s were a bit more, sadly too. Enough giving a pass to a lot of inept leaders, they didn’t won anything... it was America who won and saved them

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

Who exactly has blamed the ship or crew? ON paper HMS Hood was easily comparable to Bismarck, and even with PoW not being fully ready there was every expectation of a fair trade in damage and casualties between the combattants. America saved no one but herself. At this point of the war the US was busily conducting trade with BOTH sides of the European conflict, as being neutral she chose to make vast profits by selling goods and services to both the British empire AND nazi Germany.... until the nazis stupidly declared war on the US in Dec 1941. Britain in 1940-41 saved HERSELF INSPITE of the US as much as it did BECAUSE of the US.

[@Gosportjohn]

spoken like a true ignoramus. "Japan is weak, two capital ships are enough to scare them”. I think you are in the wrong war

[@Ethan.401]

I'm sorry but this is completely and utter rubbish, the royal navy was in a situation were their life-line keeping Britain alive was at risk by the Bismark and the PrinzEugen, And the HMS Hood was a capable ship dispite most sources claim overwise, she had the same caliber as the Bismark and more than the Prinz Eugen. Same with the Prince of Wales she was also very capable, Our Navy at the start of world war one was the biggest and most experienced navy in the world at the time and you're disowning the entire royal navy leadership because of losses... news-flash this is a war no shit people are going to die, both the Royal Navy and the kriegsmarine had losses, the Germans more so, even the Americans who you so claim came to the royal navy's rescue had some atrocious losses, Britain was also one of the leading nations involved in naval technology including radar, which revolutionised naval war far and submarine detection which saved many merchant vessels. .And when I read " it was America who won and saved them" I was shocked, really? pulling the America card again? just pure blind-eye to real history and to every victory, and on the topic of the battle of Jutland I can myself admit that David Beatty's control of the battle cruisers was abysmal, by ignoring safety features the Royal Navy specifically put in place to prevent explosions, but comparing the Royal navy to how it was 24 years ago is kinda null and void considering the change in leadership as-well as the technological advances within the Royal Navy Sure the Royal Navy wasn't perfect, but you cannot deny that the Royal Navy placed an important role in WW2. Such as D-Day- over 80% of the ships including all the landing craft were built and operated by the Royal navy the majority of the Sea planes and Naval vessels in the Atlantic duringWW2 were British, helping to destroy and escort merchant vessels from submarines We pretty much destroyed the German fleet into crumbles, to the point were even Hitler didn't want to fight in the Atlantic which made it possible for a German land Invasion and they protected Britain and all it's people from an invasion of Nazi Germany We also gave a good hand in helping the Americans in the pacific war during the Okinawa landings even after the war had ended in Germany the Royal Navy had plenty of Victory's much more than losses, and you disowning the entire Royal Navy over "bad leader" has made my day worse I hope you can actually put a bit more research into History and have some more respect for the people involved.

[@manilajohn0182]

If there is one person you should be "blaming", it's Churchill. He was a fan of UP launchers (and insisted on their installation on RN warships), whose ready- use ammunition initiated the boat deck fire- which was at the very least a strong candidate for Hood's loss.

[@Gosportjohn]

@@manilajohn0182 I think you could be a little confused there, Neville Chamberlain was prime minister until May 1940, then Churchill took over the coalition government. Being a battlecruiser she was designed for speed and firepower it was just an unlucky event in time

[@sonerucan6850]

😅🤣😂King Bismarck

[@geo_brooknor2785]

Got decimated on its first voyage meanwhile the hood clocked in twenty years service

[@rs1023]

Worse than that....got mission killed by a brand new battleship (Prince of Wales) that only had 3 of its 10 14" guns working when it fought Bismarck and achieved 4 hits, damaged its steering and a fuel tank forcing them to abandon their mission.@@geo_brooknor2785

[@JawnDeere]

Bismarck be like: imma end this man’s whole career

[@richhughes7450]

Hood sailed for over 20 yrs when she sank and nobody knows for sure what happened. It could have been a shell from either ship firing on her or simply an internal accident as she turned sharply to engage. Bismarcs paint was barely dry when she settled on the bottom of the sea.

[@themilkyounevergot8700]

Tbh no one knows whether the shell that sunk Hood was from Bismarck or the Prinz Eugen. Both ships were shooting at Hood and the Prinz Eugen managed to hit Hood multiple times before that, but who knows.

[@Al.J_02]

HMS Rodney wants to know your location.

[@user-yy8ze2yb5i]

Мир и покой Вашим душам!!!✋✋✋

[@charwan8286]

She was old compared to the more modern Bismarck...

[@PR-xm1gi]

And yet Hood doomed Bismarck. The nazi battleship was leaking oil, slower, lower to the water and flooding. All that led the British right to Bismarck

[@typehyuga607]

@@PR-xm1gilol give it up man good shouldn’t have faced Bismarck there were better royal navy battleships that’s should have taken the fight

[@typehyuga607]

Hood*

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

@@PR-xm1gi As far as is known, in the battle of the Denmark Strait Hood hit nothing but water with her shells.

[@lumberlikwidator8863]

@@typehyuga607 They’re always making excuses for the loss of the Hood. Next thing it will be “The dog ate my battlecruiser.”

[@NeonDemon88]

She blew up real good. All skill no luck.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

You've typed in nonsense. All BS no idea.

[@weebtastic8258]

Yea a one in a million event is skill

[@rayzenlll2717]

Tell that to your rusty Bismarck who's steering got neutralized by a SWORDFISH lmaooo. Try touching grass, you chronically online idiot

[@weebtastic8258]

@@rayzenlll2717 It was actually a pretty useful bomber for the task