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HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built during the First World War.
The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, lit. 'Battle of the Skagerrak') was a naval battle between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet, under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer, during World War I.
At the outbreak of the First World War, Hood's experience with coastal operations recommended him to serve with a small flotilla of Humber-class monitors on the Belgian coast, bombarding German positions and troop formations during the Siege of Antwerp and then the Battle of the Yser, assisting Belgian forces to hold the coastline during the ...
Many thanks to Lieutenant Commander Alex Manning Royal Navy (Rtd) for providing this excellent brief history of the World War One Royal Naval Division and its 'Hood' Battalion. The First World War, as we all know, was the biggest war this country was ever involved in up to that time.
The German battleship Bismarck has been described in superlative terms ever since she sank the “Pride of the Royal Navy,” the venerable battle cruiser HMS Hood at the 24 May 1941 Battle of the Denmark Strait and drove the new British battleship Prince of Wales from the scene of the fight.
19 Μαρ 2024 · At the head of the main British fleet was the Third Battle Squadron (three battle cruisers and two light cruisers) commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Horace Hood (1870–1916). Hood vigorously engaged Hipper’s cruisers and destroyers, and at 6:34 his flagship took a direct hit, exploded, and sank, carrying with it the admiral and all hands.
8 Απρ 2021 · This World War I timeline of battles outlines the most important engagements of the 1914-1918 war, from the first Battle of Mons to the final 1918 armistice.
