In May 1941, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood chased down the German battleship Bismarck in an attempt to protect the flow of American supplies to Great Britain. Within 15 minutes of firing its ...

First launched more than 100 years ago, HMS Hood was one of the greatest and biggest warships ever built by the Royal Navy. She was affectionately known as ‘The Might Hood’ and was the final ...

THE bells rang out action stations on the morning of May 24, 1941. Soon after, HMS Hood — and 1415 men — was on the seabed. Now billionaire Paul Allen has recovered one of those bells. HMS Hood was ...

The first images have been released of a British warship discovered on the sea bed 60 years after it was destroyed by the Germans. HMS Hood, which was the pride of Britain's fleet in its hey-day, was ...

What You Need to Know: HMS Hood, the pride of the British Royal Navy, symbolized British imperial power during the interwar years. Designed under the Washington Naval Treaty, this fast and powerful ...

A ceremony has been held in Clydebank to mark the centenary of the launch of one of Britain's largest warships. The battlecruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 ...

Relatives of those lost on HMS Hood attended a new exhibition in Dundee on the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the Royal Navy battlecruiser. HMS Hood was hit by a shell from the German battleship ...