WWII Wreck of HMS Hood

Greenland / Ammassalik / Sermiligaaq /
 Second World War 1939-1945, military, shipwreck
Flying Pennant 51, the battlecruiser HMS Hood was the pride of the British Royal Navy between the world wars. Built 1916-1918, she was sent to intercept the more modern German battleship Bismarck in May 1941 and was hit by a shell that exploded a magazine during the engagement. The blast ripped Hood into two large pieces which went to the bottom in minutes. Of the 1500 crew, there were only three survivors. The armour protection of aging WWI-built ships like Hood was known to be weak against modern long-range plunging gunnery.

Shipwreck explorer David Mearns and an ITN / Channel Four Television team discovered the wreck site in 2001.

Polygon drawn by WikiMapia User Cramyourspam.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood_(51)
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Coordinates:   63°20'0"N   31°50'0"W

Comments

  • Excellent art!
  • Apologies to user NuclearAce who made a similar tag for the Hood about 22 months before this one ---though not in the right location and not-visible except in Classic mode. I wasn't aware of the earlier tag. Here is the older version from a different part of the sea: Wreck of HMS Hood The Approx. location of the HMS Hood. The Hood was a Admiral-class battlecruiser. She was named after Admiral Samuel Hood. She was sunk in combat with Bismarck at the Battle of the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941. Hood rests at a depth of 10,000 ft. Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hms_hood
  • This is the early 20th Century built HMS Hood sunk in combat with the Bismarck. For the 1890's Hood scuttled as a WWI harbor barrier, see: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=50.5693919&lon=-2.4213266&z=16&l=0&m=b&show=/1893430/HMS-Hood-Wreck
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