Battlecrusier HMS Hood Has a Message for Every Navy on Earth

Battlecrusier HMS Hood Has a Message for Every Navy on Earth

Key Points and Summary – HMS Hood, the Royal Navy’s most famous battlecruiser, combined speed, heavy guns, and substantial armor—but entered WWII overdue for modernization. On 24 May 1941, Hood and the new battleship Prince of Wales engaged Bismarck and Prinz Eugen in the Denmark Strait. -After initial hits ignited ready ammunition on deck, a Bismarck 15-inch shell penetrated Hood’s protection and detonated her aft magazines. -The ship broke in …