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Was definatley the most powerfull ship on the earth, if only it hadnt been rushed back out for ww2 without full having armour platting put around the entire ship it would still be here
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If only Hood would of gone through the modification to strengten her weak deck she would of survived the Denmark Strait Battle. I don't think Admiral Holland knew of Hood's weak deck because if he known of it he wouldn't have put her ahead of Princess Wales which she had superior armor and would have draw the fire from Bismarck. One thing I don't get! why didn't he order Hood to use Prince of Wales firing control since she had the range against Bismarck?
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@walhumvel No ship could survive direct hits from Bismarch's main battery Even with the armor the penetrating tips of the german warheads would have destroyed Hood. It was just a very lucky shot. Even the German commander stated that it was a one in a million shot!!
You're in a Battlecruiser, so close the range quickly to lose your deck disadvantage! At less than 10000 yards belt will do nothing so it's just a slugging match of who has the quicker gunnery.
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@walhumvel Adm Holland most certainly knew her decks were thin which is why he tried to close Bismarck so fast to avoid plunging fire. It wouldn't have mattered as it's been suggested that the fatal shot came in just over the top of her 12" belt and not through her deck considering the range ( about 9 miles) would have flattened the trajectory quite a bit. Who knows what would of happened if she had turned to port sooner.
My dad served on Hood until his transfer to HMS Kylemore, just a month before Hood's sinking. He lost many good friends. Six months later, Kylemore met her fate too, at the hands of German Dorniers, & my dad was one of only 8 survivors. He was awarded the DSM for courageous conduct during & after the sinking. The medal was pinned on his chest by Lord Mountbatten.
To me it seems to be fake. The ship which may be Hood is at the wrong angle to have been taken from either POW or PE. The ship is heading from right to left indicating it couldnt have been taken from PE, and if you look at the sketch by the captain of the POW the photo couldnt have been taken by someone on POW. As his sketch gives the position of Hood relative to POW at the time of explosion. It also couldnt have been taken by the sunderland as it was hiding in clouds to escape AA
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@tmmitzzie Yes it is the Hood, taken from the deck of the Ark Royal during a arial attack by the Regia Aeronautica in the Med. when Hood was part of force H. If you look closely to the left you can see part of the stern of the Warspite
The culmination of British engineering brilliance and a symbol of this proud country's glorious past. Hms Hoods passing was as swift as this countrys decline. God bless them all.
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Wouldn't have been good if they had named the one of the new Queen Elizabeth class Aircraft carriers, the HMS Hood. The other one already has a good name in Prince of Wales.
perhaps they should leave the name out of respect. same with Prince of Wales. My idea would be to have them as Queen Elizabeth and Ark Royal, and rename 3 of the T45 destroyers to Dreadnought, Devastation and Duke of York =)
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@TheCharlie359 - I was very impressed with your articulate apology.It went a small way to restore my hope in the younger generation of my countrymen.In no way is that meant to be patronising, so please don't be offended.But I find the mindless, bigotted, racist, BNPstyle rants generally found on Youtube totally depressing.My dad spent 9 years in Bomber Command Aircrew & the fact we still bang on about "being alone" & the French call us "mongrel scum" who ran away etc would really sadden him.
@h1aa, No, a few years later the British Battleship HMS Duke of York engaged and destroyed the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst, an uneven match but a fight all the same, im also right in thinking that US battleships engaged their Japanese counterparts in the pacific arena as well.
@TheCharlie359 I had always understood that HMS Duke Of York was part of a flotilla and that while she did the serious initial damage to Scharnhorst, knocking out a number of her big guns as well as a boiler causing her to slow, it was destroyer escorts landing torpedoes which finally sank her.
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@h1aa, Destroyers finished the job yes but by the time they put the torpedoes that sank Scharnhorst in to her it was a blazing wreck, totally decimated by 14" shells from DoY.
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I suggest you to dig up the correct information and convince yourself rather than get advice from a person who continuously exaggerate and misinterpret things!
Royal Navy never ventured into naval warfare without a task group, not like the lone German raiders. Google "Battle of the North Cape" and you will see that Scharnhorst was up aginst 14 enemy ships during that engagement. The British cruisers destroyed the radar of Scharnhorst thus making her blind in the dark, and DoY did the rest.
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@vnck25, If that comment was made about me your quite a sad person, id say its you who constantly exaggerate, the Scharnhorst was not alone for the whole mission however her crew was valiant in the face of overwhelming British superiority but the outcome the same, another NAZI warship on the bottom!
I have to agree that Scharnhorst was not alone during the " Battle of the North Cape" if that is what you refer as " mission", it was surrounded by an overwhelming number of enemy ships and men!
I also need to mention that you write from your ego and very little logic is used, I wonder where you got your degree? University of Britian lol
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@vnck25, I very much doubt the German naval planners sent Scharnhorst to "the battle of the north cape" but rather gave her a "mission" to destroy allied convoys which resulted in said battle! Also im going to ignore your childish insults about my education and i could also say you seem to write from the "ego" constantly overstating Germanys results in battle!
German Navy's main objective was to destroy allied convoys, and hence Scharnhorst took part in Operation Ostfront but it culminated to the "Battle of the North Cape" and sinking of the Scharnhorst. My entire series of comments were TARGETED on the " Battle of the North Cape" and the way Scharnhorst faced an overwhelming number of enemy ships in THAT engagement.
I insluted because you SOMETIMES write without substance thus I had conclude that they are based on your ego.
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@vnck25, But is was not referred to as "The Battle of North Cape" until after the event, the "mission" was as you state Operation Ostfront, the desruction of allied convoys, this was my point!
Lets forget about these names, the fact of the matter is Scharnhorst was sunk but it was not just by a single RN warship but by a group of Allied warships ( 14 in all) . When you replied " h1aa" in this very Youtube clip you implied that the desctruction of Scharnhorst was by DoY and I feel that it was an exaggeration on your part.
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@vnck25, I can see why reading my comments back you came to this conclusion, the point i wanted to make was most of the damage done to Scharnhorst was done by DoY but as you state she was destroyed by an overwhelming British force ( feel free to correct if any other allied nation warships were present) not just the DoY.
If your agrument is that I CONSTANTLY overstate Germanys results in the sea battles that took place in the Atlanic during WW2, please be kind enough to supply some evidence to justify your point, use all my comments stated here and under "KMS Terpitz tribute"
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@vnck25, I do not wish to offend, im simply stating my views and opinions, you are free of course to completly disagree which you frequently do, however my justifacation is simple, Britian DID win the war, yes as part of an allied effort but victory is victory.
Victory is victory I agree, but for the sake of that, exaggerating facts is not hornorable. You have every right to write what you feel but if they come from a learned person like youself one would expect them to be based on sincere, true facts.
Most of your comments are true and correct, but sometimes you write sensless things, and I feel that they should be given some attention for the sake of everyone else who view these comments.
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@vnck25, I have to agree, sometimes i lose my sense of unbiased objectivness to my patriotism, this i understand may cause offence and for that, you and all have my apologies.
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@vnck25, I somehow thought you might be German lol! Hey at least in the present our respective nations are allies and EU partners, this makes a war between our two great countries extremely improbable and totally undesirable, i do have a great respect for Germany and her people and would not wish it to sound otherwise from my comments.
I understand. But I consider all humans to be allies, going beyond the context of EU, NATO, West, East etc., this could be far-fetched even today with the things that are happening around us. But I always feel as intelligent beings we humans, with proper understanding and guidance we all can be one big happy family!
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@h1aa Actually it was the Light Cruiser "HMS Belfast" was the one that Torpedoed the Scharnhorst, by coincidence she is also the only Royal Navy WWII Capital Ship from that period that's still with us today.
A beautiful looking ship and a tragic end for her and her crew. If she had survived the war I would have liked to have seen her preserved for the nation, however this nation would probably have scrapped her...so maybe it's better she lays at the bottom of the Denmark Strait.
What a dif a century makes! In 1914 the Royal Navy was the largest in the world by far, including the USN. Today I hear they're cutting the budget yet again. She will soon be little more than a third rate coastal defense force. Sad!!
@Greg98233, Brittania ruled the waves right upto 1943, only then did the USN have more ships, however even today with the fleet decimated by successive British goverment costcutting we still have the second most effective naval force on earth, our fleet being second only to the mighty USA in its ability to project force on a global scale, this may change in the next 2 decades though with the rise of China, Russian resurgance and an ambitious Indian fleet, REBUILD THE RN!
Touching video. I watched the show about the battle with the Bismarck, how lucky were the Germans, hit her on the back low armoured plating after 5 shots, Just as she was turning. touching too to see the last survivor lay a plaque at her wreck. Thanks for the vid.
Actually the battlecruiser design was quite sound, problem was they were used in the main battle-line and they were not designed for that. They were designed to run from battleships and fight heavy cruisers,raiders and other battlecruisers. Hood was a beautiful ship, only one I can think of that looked so good was vanguard, but she was never designed to go one to one with a more modern battleship.
@allanguo99 It would have been better if the Hood ran away during the Prince of Wales gave cover and escaped then too and afterwards attacking the Bismarck with Planes. I say that as a German. Thats the way I did it if I would have been the Admiral
My Dad a Chief Petty Officer on HMS Hood. Disapponted to be transferred to a fleet escort Corvette, HMS Kylemore. 6 weeks later, all his friends on Hood lost in the disaster which befell her. Months later, Kylemore sunk by a Dornier in the North Sea, escorting a convoy to Murmansk. 8 out of a crew of 68 survived. My Dad was one, & got the DSM. Four hours in cold sea caused rheumatic fever. At age 48 he got malaria in Tanganyika. His heart was weak. He died. I was 5. See pics on my video.
@SuperAncientmariner If the jew lived more than 2 generations in the past it was no problem anyway. I just wonder because Lütjens was known as the "man with the iron mask". He was a stereotype how you see Germans: never smyling, always ordering.
There's serious evidence that the British went in2 battle with cordite in the allyways & with their copartment hatches open. The sort of attitud that we can hit you but you cannot hit us. That theory only works as long as you can keep out of range. By WW2 only a few Battleships could catch the Hood and the Bismark was one of them. KG5 was a comparible foe for the Bismark and the Vanguard was its equal. I have always been impressed by Battleships and what they look like when heading straight 4u.
strange..in all movies of 30´s and 40´s all germans are a enthusiastic fans of Hitler in Nazis parade...tried to conquer the world , defeated and now are pacifists? The japanese say the same, and rape and murder millions os korean, thai, philipines and chineses, men, women and children atrocities...and are pacifists too!!!
strange..in all movies of 30´s and 40´s all germans are a enthusiastic fans of Hitler in Nazis parade...tried to conquer the world , defesated and now are pacifists? The japanese say the same, and rape and murder millions os korean, thai, philipines and chineses, men, women and children atrocities...and are pacifists too!!!
Amazing Grace. those who died in this tragedy, may you rest in peace with your mighty creator and your only one, the true god! - Jesus Christ of Nazareth
As a child of parents who fought in this conflict, it continues to sadden me that we simply cannot fully understand the sacrifices made by these servicemen on both sides. Once again as politicians begin conflicts that they will never serve in, they are content that young men and women will again lay down their lives and when that sacrifice has been made, and their colleagues eventually return home, they are treated with contempt, or simply abandoned and we all bear the burden of shame for this
@ 2:50 its very hard to see those sailors from hood (and also bismarck) are dying to protect their countries on both sides and died for nothing. it was one of the sinceless battles of ww2. just like U99 in scapa flow it actually was a suacide mission to punch the proud of the british navy which the german surface kriegsmariene never even had chance on it.
Flagship Hood was too heavy, too slow and a very old and worn out rusty ship. She was touring the world for 15 years showing navy power to the colonies who were by now challenging british rule. She was beautiful and had great fire power but was an obsolete design and most navy people were concerned about her capabilities in fighting at sea
HMS Hood was the most beautiful ship ever built. Its such a shame she was destroyed. Im working on my third model of her and she is just so damn beautiful.
SoeldnerAnthraX: Hitler was a product of WWI and the Great Depression, it wasn't the people's fault that he came to power. If WWI never happened, Hitler would have been a nobody. Britain should have been more diplomatic with Germany, it was their fault that the Kaiser was incensed at Britain's heavy-handedness and insensitivity. Britain was afraid of competition at the turn of the century.
What? At the turn of the century the UK saw Germany as a potential ally against her old enemies France and Russia. It was Bismarck that sought to maintain good relations with the UK. It was Kaiser Wilhelm II that fucked it up. He not only wanted to give Germany her place in the sun, but to do it at the expense of the UK. It already had been a long standing policy in the UK of having a navy larger than the next two biggest combined. It was Germany that wanted to rival the UK.
@thatkidinthegreenhat : I'm afraid you've got it wrong. Britain was allied with France and Russia, while Germany was allied with Austria and Turkey. It was Britain's refusal to drop the restrictions on the size of the German Navy that incensed the Kaiser, and probably caused the war. Britain forced the Kaiser to sign the Naval agreement which restricted Germany's Navy to less than half the size of Britain's. The Kaiser could have refused to sign, but he was related to Britain's royal family.
What are you talking about? I am going to try to understand what your comment says. "It was Britain's refusal to drop the restrictions on the size of the German Navy that incensed the Kaiser" What? "Britain forced the Kaiser to sign the Naval agreement which restricted Germany's Navy to less than half the size of Britain's." Again what are you smoking? "The Kaiser could have refused to sign, but he was related to Britain's royal family." Refused to sign what ?
I hope we can all agree, this is not about huge battleships, but the failure of Europes leaders of overt war once again. The price of this failure is payed by flesh and blood of human beings, each one with a unique heart and soul to do good.
If we are not careful, these few leaders who rule this planet today will do this again.
@Sidslotm how could this war have been avoided though? i agree with your sentiments,but with a facist dictator,intent on european domination,and the murder of an entire people,the only way would have been for the world to roll over,and let the Nazis do what they wanted....no,this war was down to one group of people!
@jonboy1973 Today in the UK we have accepted lies from our leaders as a normal means of communication. This is how the Nazis took power, by lying to the people. The result is war, and it's people like you and me that have to pay the price for their lies. an old quote: "a thief will steal all you have, but a liar will see you hang"
My late father said that as a young lad in the 1930s, standing at Gosport Ferry, on many occasions he saw HMS Hood tied up at the South Jetty in Pompey Harbour. He said she was massive. He said when the news came through that she had been sunk, they simply couldn't believe it. My late neighbour lost one of her three brothers on the Hood, and another brother died as a prisoner of the Japanese. RIP to them all.
I've heard that the loss of the Repulse and Prince of Wales was similar in it's effects on the nation. In fact, I've read a quote by Winston Churchill to the effect that it was the most unexpected blow of the war for him. The British never took the Japanese seriously, and the fact that they had a SECOND powerful enemy only dawned when two of their most powerful battleships were sunk, and sunk by airplanes rather than in glorious battle. It's too bad that so many had to die, but that's war.
@916fanatic1 That was "Ginger", one of two ships cats, the other was a very hansome black and white cat called "Fishcakes". Sadley both perished with the ship.
@916fanatic1 I think I mentioned this before but Hood had 2 cats. The one in the pic. is Ginger, the other was black and white and called Fishcakes. Both went down with the ship.
The Hood was the largest Battlecruiser ever built. The whole reason for building was to give the navy after the Great War (WW1) a ship that punched as good as any Battleship but had the speed to keep out of range of danger or to hunt down a fleeing ship. In 1918 she was the most powerful ship afloat with a top speed in excess of 30Knots. Most contemporary Battleships would be lucky to get to 26Knots.
When I was a child in the 50's the country was still in shock over the sinking of the HMS Hood.
Actually, the Hood was actually just an "improved battlecruiser". Battlecruisers are a totally pre-WWI idea, and were found to be a bad idea at Jutland, but it was too late to change the design. The Royal Navy wasn't too keen on BC's after 1918; they tried to improve the Hood as much as they could, but the ship you're talking about didn't come until the "fast battleship", which I guess the Hood was sort of a prototype of. She was a victim of a shift in design ideals 1/2-way through construction.
@justforever96 I agree with much of what you say but the notion of the modern Battleship was actually the Rodney and the Nelson Both originally designed to be in excess of 55,000 tons. The Hood was an answer to that design of Battle Ship and not the Jutland Dreadnoughts. They were still building Battleships until the airplane and thus aircraft carriers became the real Capital warships in WW2. The Warspite was one of the first British Battleships to be built in the modern manner.
@littlebigbrain : Lesson to learn from the Hood: Don't reduce the armor in order to increase speed. They should have gone the extra expense to increase horsepower and leave the armor at standard (or greater) BB specifications.
I recall as a young boy my parents telling me the shock of losing the Hood was felt by the whole nation, many people couldn't accept the news and wept openly for the lost seamen
Hood or the 7 b,s Britain's biggest bastard battlecruiser built by Brown RIP the 1415 KIA and the 3 survivors now all gone,and of course the crew of Bismarck.
I can never decide for sure which was the more beautiful ship, the Hood or the Bismarck. Both very graceful, but I think I lean towards the Hood, with her classic lines and twin funnels. Funny the way history works out; the Bismarck and the Hood are permanantly connected now; you can't talk of one without mentioning the other. I suppose the word would be "nemesis". I remember reading about how during the Bismarcks trials, the crew would pretend that they were firing at the Mighty HMS Hood.
Jeez...you know you drink too much when you find comments that you don't remember making. I know that this was me though. Hell, I actually sound pretty good. Not to sound conceited or anything....
@justforever96 : The Bismarck was a fine example of German engineering and I give her the edge in beauty, but neither ship could match the beauty of the U.S. Navy's clipper-bowed Tennessee and Colorado classes. The Tennessee class had (12) 14" mains, and the Colorado class had (8) 16" mains.
my great grandfather was on this ship....his son..my grandad joined the army but then my father and myself both joined the Royal navy. We still have an Hms hood cap tally at home!! Long live the RN
Her captain was very aware of her weaknesses. But the Prince of Whales had a green crew so Kerr took the lead and the Hood was first to come under fire. The Bismarck simply could not be allowed into the shipping lanes and the crew of the Hood knew that; they did what was asked of them, that is what great men do. God rest their souls.
She is something that everyone can claim as part of them , whether your Welsh , english , Scottish or Northern Irish - a great ship built by a great nation
Much as I am sorry that the German crew had to die, my thoughts are for 'Hood' and her British crew. She was built in a British yard by British workers using British technology - her crew came from our towns & villages. She embodied our history. She was the best we had to give and if she wasn't up to it that day that is down to us as well.
I'll shed a tear for her because she is a part of me and my son - and because she now lies in the cold sea a long way from home.
@mig25pd, atleast she didnt go in vain, we got the Bismarck, we sunk (use the term loosely to avoid angering Germans) that mighty german ship to the bottom, it might have taken near the allmight of the RN but we did it.
As a Glaswegian it always makes me cringe when I watch computer made projections of the final seconds... as the hull buckles. However I will always remember her defiance in having the last shot before submerging to the bottom.
Irresponsible sending her.. a beautiful ship; the Navy is unsentimental about its ships,scrapping all the battleships. The dreadnoughts were astonishing - mighty castles.One should have been saved for British naval history...the magnificent Warspite - served from Jutland to Normandy ; it wrecked itself on Cornish rocks on route to the breakers. We have Belfast - very interesting to visit, and the destroyer Cavalier at Chatham, but America has preserved several capital ships; well done them.
The Hood was not obsolete at the time , and was probably the best battle ship the Brits had. The rest were either too new -like the Prince of wales and not yet sorted out , and many others were too old.
But she had a fatal weakness - inadequate armour protecting her vital magazines. She was most certainly sunk by a shell from Bismark which passed through her wooden decks, penetrated her magazine and exploded. Some might say "a lucky shot" which resulted in a great loss and tragedy.
Stauffenberg and his friends were a force for good, shame there wasn't more of them though. To say its ok what we did because a handful of Germans decided it wasn't right is quite frankly bollocks. You got beat and the British Empire spent its wealth putting you down. All it ever really took was for all Germans to put down their guns and say "this is wrong".... I mean come on, if someone told me to herd people into a gas chamber I'd tell them to fuck off.....
We all hate what the Nazis did, not the germans. The Nazis killed Germans as well, german jews. We could have been living on planet Nazi, if that bastard wasn't stopped.
I am very lucky not to have lived in those dark times, and have the greatest admiration and respect for those who did, whatever nationality.
These videos are a reminder, if we should ever need one.
I´m not ashamed to be German. I´m really proud to be German. But im not a nazi, thats something many people think if im saying to be a proud german. BUT a proud German is not a Nazi. A proud german is against Nazis. Stauffenberg said as he died :"Für das heilige Deutschland" , in english "For the holy Germany", and he was against Hitler. Every Real German was against Hitler.... i am ashamed of hitler germany, but its a part of the history of germany and i have to accept this.
Seek one single perfect country, without crimes, unfairness, shames or remorses in its History. If you find it, you should feel ashamed of beeing German.
I like this remark, as a boy I spent my time in Germany, around 1960. My Father was an ex English soldier and he sat with German men drinking German bier, and they all laughed together when one German farmers stood up with his bier in hand and said "we lost the war because we did not have Churchill".
the mighty hood....Till it was blown up by the Bismarck^^
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my great uncle went down with the Hood, great video they will never be forgotten.
TheFflynnie 1 week ago
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What figging idiot has flagged the entries. Some Frog no doubt.
SuperAncientmariner 3 weeks ago
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HMS Hood and the Bismarck were wonderful ships with wonderful crews. The battle is sad and never should have happened.
ReinikeVoss 1 month ago
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why are all the comments flagged?
nialltommy13 2 months ago
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Not sure ,they where all fine the other day,i will look into it.
dazaro3 2 months ago
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im building the mighty hood god bless em all
nickpink25 2 months ago
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the Mighty Hood, thank God for her!
woody7141 3 months ago
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@woody7141 If you think of it, it took the Bismarck to take her down. Everyone knows how powerful Bismarck was.
lukekellycopy 2 months ago
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Was definatley the most powerfull ship on the earth, if only it hadnt been rushed back out for ww2 without full having armour platting put around the entire ship it would still be here
AJM7finals 3 months ago
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I take my haT OFF TO A FINE BATTLESHIP CRUISER
pxy24x28 3 months ago
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1:27 ships cat! a fine royal navy tradition!
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HelmutVillam 4 months ago
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If only Hood would of gone through the modification to strengten her weak deck she would of survived the Denmark Strait Battle. I don't think Admiral Holland knew of Hood's weak deck because if he known of it he wouldn't have put her ahead of Princess Wales which she had superior armor and would have draw the fire from Bismarck. One thing I don't get! why didn't he order Hood to use Prince of Wales firing control since she had the range against Bismarck?
walhumvel 6 months ago
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@walhumvel on the spot brain fart? :\
HoZzIe27 5 months ago
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@walhumvel No ship could survive direct hits from Bismarch's main battery Even with the armor the penetrating tips of the german warheads would have destroyed Hood. It was just a very lucky shot. Even the German commander stated that it was a one in a million shot!!
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You're in a Battlecruiser, so close the range quickly to lose your deck disadvantage! At less than 10000 yards belt will do nothing so it's just a slugging match of who has the quicker gunnery.
HelmutVillam 4 months ago
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@walhumvel Adm Holland most certainly knew her decks were thin which is why he tried to close Bismarck so fast to avoid plunging fire. It wouldn't have mattered as it's been suggested that the fatal shot came in just over the top of her 12" belt and not through her deck considering the range ( about 9 miles) would have flattened the trajectory quite a bit. Who knows what would of happened if she had turned to port sooner.
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My dad served on Hood until his transfer to HMS Kylemore, just a month before Hood's sinking. He lost many good friends. Six months later, Kylemore met her fate too, at the hands of German Dorniers, & my dad was one of only 8 survivors. He was awarded the DSM for courageous conduct during & after the sinking. The medal was pinned on his chest by Lord Mountbatten.
speakswahilidammit 7 months ago
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the 'lost' picture at 02:38... is that definitely the hood ? I've never seen this pic before, is there any info on this pic at all?
tmmitzzie 8 months ago
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To me it seems to be fake. The ship which may be Hood is at the wrong angle to have been taken from either POW or PE. The ship is heading from right to left indicating it couldnt have been taken from PE, and if you look at the sketch by the captain of the POW the photo couldnt have been taken by someone on POW. As his sketch gives the position of Hood relative to POW at the time of explosion. It also couldnt have been taken by the sunderland as it was hiding in clouds to escape AA
notsureyou 7 months ago
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@tmmitzzie Yes it is the Hood, taken from the deck of the Ark Royal during a arial attack by the Regia Aeronautica in the Med. when Hood was part of force H. If you look closely to the left you can see part of the stern of the Warspite
SuperAncientmariner 7 months ago
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@tmmitzzie It is, taken from the flight deck of Ark Royal. The stern of Warspite to the left.
SuperAncientmariner 3 weeks ago
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roy west
2008Sameoldfitup 8 months ago
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70 Years ago today ... may the descendents of the 1,415 lives lost know that the efforts of their brave forefathers shall not be forgotten.
welovesarahpalin 8 months ago
The culmination of British engineering brilliance and a symbol of this proud country's glorious past. Hms Hoods passing was as swift as this countrys decline. God bless them all.
Sean4541 10 months ago
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Wouldn't have been good if they had named the one of the new Queen Elizabeth class Aircraft carriers, the HMS Hood. The other one already has a good name in Prince of Wales.
MrHaithwaite1992 10 months ago
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perhaps they should leave the name out of respect. same with Prince of Wales. My idea would be to have them as Queen Elizabeth and Ark Royal, and rename 3 of the T45 destroyers to Dreadnought, Devastation and Duke of York =)
HelmutVillam 10 months ago
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song?
crazyferrariace 10 months ago
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amazing grace
HelmutVillam 10 months ago
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@HelmutVillam thank you :)
crazyferrariace 10 months ago
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The seas are a lonely place now without HMS Hood around.
Marlever357 11 months ago
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@TheCharlie359 - I was very impressed with your articulate apology.It went a small way to restore my hope in the younger generation of my countrymen.In no way is that meant to be patronising, so please don't be offended.But I find the mindless, bigotted, racist, BNPstyle rants generally found on Youtube totally depressing.My dad spent 9 years in Bomber Command Aircrew & the fact we still bang on about "being alone" & the French call us "mongrel scum" who ran away etc would really sadden him.
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TheMightyBlighty 10 months ago
Was this the last time two seriously big ships went at it on the high seas without air support or such like?
h1aa 1 year ago
@h1aa, No, a few years later the British Battleship HMS Duke of York engaged and destroyed the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst, an uneven match but a fight all the same, im also right in thinking that US battleships engaged their Japanese counterparts in the pacific arena as well.
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
@TheCharlie359 I had always understood that HMS Duke Of York was part of a flotilla and that while she did the serious initial damage to Scharnhorst, knocking out a number of her big guns as well as a boiler causing her to slow, it was destroyer escorts landing torpedoes which finally sank her.
h1aa 1 year ago
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@h1aa, Destroyers finished the job yes but by the time they put the torpedoes that sank Scharnhorst in to her it was a blazing wreck, totally decimated by 14" shells from DoY.
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359 The wreck shows most of the For part of the ship missing indicating a Mag explosion. What led up to that is anyones guess.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
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I suggest you to dig up the correct information and convince yourself rather than get advice from a person who continuously exaggerate and misinterpret things!
Royal Navy never ventured into naval warfare without a task group, not like the lone German raiders. Google "Battle of the North Cape" and you will see that Scharnhorst was up aginst 14 enemy ships during that engagement. The British cruisers destroyed the radar of Scharnhorst thus making her blind in the dark, and DoY did the rest.
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, If that comment was made about me your quite a sad person, id say its you who constantly exaggerate, the Scharnhorst was not alone for the whole mission however her crew was valiant in the face of overwhelming British superiority but the outcome the same, another NAZI warship on the bottom!
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
If the cap is right put it on.
vnck25 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
I have to agree that Scharnhorst was not alone during the " Battle of the North Cape" if that is what you refer as " mission", it was surrounded by an overwhelming number of enemy ships and men!
I also need to mention that you write from your ego and very little logic is used, I wonder where you got your degree? University of Britian lol
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, I very much doubt the German naval planners sent Scharnhorst to "the battle of the north cape" but rather gave her a "mission" to destroy allied convoys which resulted in said battle! Also im going to ignore your childish insults about my education and i could also say you seem to write from the "ego" constantly overstating Germanys results in battle!
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
German Navy's main objective was to destroy allied convoys, and hence Scharnhorst took part in Operation Ostfront but it culminated to the "Battle of the North Cape" and sinking of the Scharnhorst. My entire series of comments were TARGETED on the " Battle of the North Cape" and the way Scharnhorst faced an overwhelming number of enemy ships in THAT engagement.
I insluted because you SOMETIMES write without substance thus I had conclude that they are based on your ego.
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, But is was not referred to as "The Battle of North Cape" until after the event, the "mission" was as you state Operation Ostfront, the desruction of allied convoys, this was my point!
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
Lets forget about these names, the fact of the matter is Scharnhorst was sunk but it was not just by a single RN warship but by a group of Allied warships ( 14 in all) . When you replied " h1aa" in this very Youtube clip you implied that the desctruction of Scharnhorst was by DoY and I feel that it was an exaggeration on your part.
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, I can see why reading my comments back you came to this conclusion, the point i wanted to make was most of the damage done to Scharnhorst was done by DoY but as you state she was destroyed by an overwhelming British force ( feel free to correct if any other allied nation warships were present) not just the DoY.
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
If your agrument is that I CONSTANTLY overstate Germanys results in the sea battles that took place in the Atlanic during WW2, please be kind enough to supply some evidence to justify your point, use all my comments stated here and under "KMS Terpitz tribute"
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, I do not wish to offend, im simply stating my views and opinions, you are free of course to completly disagree which you frequently do, however my justifacation is simple, Britian DID win the war, yes as part of an allied effort but victory is victory.
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
Victory is victory I agree, but for the sake of that, exaggerating facts is not hornorable. You have every right to write what you feel but if they come from a learned person like youself one would expect them to be based on sincere, true facts.
Most of your comments are true and correct, but sometimes you write sensless things, and I feel that they should be given some attention for the sake of everyone else who view these comments.
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, I have to agree, sometimes i lose my sense of unbiased objectivness to my patriotism, this i understand may cause offence and for that, you and all have my apologies.
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
Apology accepted and you have a good 2011.
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, Thankyou, best wishes for 2011 to you to.
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
Also could you please mention a comment or comments where I have exaggerate real facts?
I can show you several where you have exaggerated ?
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, Please do!
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@vnck25 Also could i ask what country are you from if thats ok?
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
Germany
vnck25 1 year ago
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@vnck25, I somehow thought you might be German lol! Hey at least in the present our respective nations are allies and EU partners, this makes a war between our two great countries extremely improbable and totally undesirable, i do have a great respect for Germany and her people and would not wish it to sound otherwise from my comments.
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
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@TheCharlie359
I understand. But I consider all humans to be allies, going beyond the context of EU, NATO, West, East etc., this could be far-fetched even today with the things that are happening around us. But I always feel as intelligent beings we humans, with proper understanding and guidance we all can be one big happy family!
vnck25 1 year ago
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@h1aa Actually it was the Light Cruiser "HMS Belfast" was the one that Torpedoed the Scharnhorst, by coincidence she is also the only Royal Navy WWII Capital Ship from that period that's still with us today.
TSR1989FF 8 months ago
A beautiful looking ship and a tragic end for her and her crew. If she had survived the war I would have liked to have seen her preserved for the nation, however this nation would probably have scrapped her...so maybe it's better she lays at the bottom of the Denmark Strait.
flaskandsarnies 1 year ago
What a dif a century makes! In 1914 the Royal Navy was the largest in the world by far, including the USN. Today I hear they're cutting the budget yet again. She will soon be little more than a third rate coastal defense force. Sad!!
Greg98233 1 year ago
@Greg98233, Brittania ruled the waves right upto 1943, only then did the USN have more ships, however even today with the fleet decimated by successive British goverment costcutting we still have the second most effective naval force on earth, our fleet being second only to the mighty USA in its ability to project force on a global scale, this may change in the next 2 decades though with the rise of China, Russian resurgance and an ambitious Indian fleet, REBUILD THE RN!
TheCharlie359 1 year ago
Touching video. I watched the show about the battle with the Bismarck, how lucky were the Germans, hit her on the back low armoured plating after 5 shots, Just as she was turning. touching too to see the last survivor lay a plaque at her wreck. Thanks for the vid.
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craigbeaumont414 1 year ago
A lot of good comments and a few idiots.
Actually the battlecruiser design was quite sound, problem was they were used in the main battle-line and they were not designed for that. They were designed to run from battleships and fight heavy cruisers,raiders and other battlecruisers. Hood was a beautiful ship, only one I can think of that looked so good was vanguard, but she was never designed to go one to one with a more modern battleship.
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freddieclark 1 year ago
RIP HMS Hood
ameech1 1 year ago
I can see a strange meaning in this engagement, the old war horse leading the shiney new generation to battle and perishing in glory.
mrtin2811 1 year ago
@mrtin2811 What a fitting and poignant thought. It sums it up perfectly.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
She was the most beautiful warship ever built. RIP HMS Hood =(
BattlestarDamocles 1 year ago
Merci, SuperAncientmariner
I'm German and I understand now what he meant.
Bogidogidor 1 year ago
Was heißt denn: "Sie nicht zu schamen!" ??
What do that mean? That is not realy an german sentence.
Bogidogidor 1 year ago
@Bogidogidor I think he is saying (roughly speaking) "you (to) do not shame" but my German is very rusty.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
hms hood is a battle cruiser its does not have the power to go agains the battle ship s bismark
allanguo99 1 year ago
@allanguo99 It would have been better if the Hood ran away during the Prince of Wales gave cover and escaped then too and afterwards attacking the Bismarck with Planes. I say that as a German. Thats the way I did it if I would have been the Admiral
MrRammsteinKicksAss 1 year ago
My Dad a Chief Petty Officer on HMS Hood. Disapponted to be transferred to a fleet escort Corvette, HMS Kylemore. 6 weeks later, all his friends on Hood lost in the disaster which befell her. Months later, Kylemore sunk by a Dornier in the North Sea, escorting a convoy to Murmansk. 8 out of a crew of 68 survived. My Dad was one, & got the DSM. Four hours in cold sea caused rheumatic fever. At age 48 he got malaria in Tanganyika. His heart was weak. He died. I was 5. See pics on my video.
speakswahilidammit 1 year ago
She was brilliant
But she was WW1 era
She didn't stand a chance against WW2 era Battleships
ATreeSnotling 1 year ago
Lujens was a Jew
batalion666 1 year ago
@batalion666 you mean the German Adnmiral on the Bismarck? Uhh no. You know what happened to jews in Germany
MrRammsteinKicksAss 1 year ago
@MrRammsteinKicksAss Lutjens was 1/8th Jewish from his mothers side. Many officers in the Kriegsmarine were of Jewish descent
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
@SuperAncientmariner If the jew lived more than 2 generations in the past it was no problem anyway. I just wonder because Lütjens was known as the "man with the iron mask". He was a stereotype how you see Germans: never smyling, always ordering.
MrRammsteinKicksAss 1 year ago
There's serious evidence that the British went in2 battle with cordite in the allyways & with their copartment hatches open. The sort of attitud that we can hit you but you cannot hit us. That theory only works as long as you can keep out of range. By WW2 only a few Battleships could catch the Hood and the Bismark was one of them. KG5 was a comparible foe for the Bismark and the Vanguard was its equal. I have always been impressed by Battleships and what they look like when heading straight 4u.
littlebigbrain 1 year ago
strange..in all movies of 30´s and 40´s all germans are a enthusiastic fans of Hitler in Nazis parade...tried to conquer the world , defeated and now are pacifists? The japanese say the same, and rape and murder millions os korean, thai, philipines and chineses, men, women and children atrocities...and are pacifists too!!!
DRFRAVIO 1 year ago
strange..in all movies of 30´s and 40´s all germans are a enthusiastic fans of Hitler in Nazis parade...tried to conquer the world , defesated and now are pacifists? The japanese say the same, and rape and murder millions os korean, thai, philipines and chineses, men, women and children atrocities...and are pacifists too!!!
DRFRAVIO 1 year ago
Amazing Grace. those who died in this tragedy, may you rest in peace with your mighty creator and your only one, the true god! - Jesus Christ of Nazareth
DonBringer 1 year ago
As a child of parents who fought in this conflict, it continues to sadden me that we simply cannot fully understand the sacrifices made by these servicemen on both sides. Once again as politicians begin conflicts that they will never serve in, they are content that young men and women will again lay down their lives and when that sacrifice has been made, and their colleagues eventually return home, they are treated with contempt, or simply abandoned and we all bear the burden of shame for this
overseasbob 1 year ago
@ 2:50 its very hard to see those sailors from hood (and also bismarck) are dying to protect their countries on both sides and died for nothing. it was one of the sinceless battles of ww2. just like U99 in scapa flow it actually was a suacide mission to punch the proud of the british navy which the german surface kriegsmariene never even had chance on it.
honor your death soldiers!
Stani1010 1 year ago
Well said CAMMAN44 well said!!! These men have made the ultimate sacriface!!
themman11 1 year ago
the men of the Hood died for their country i think we must honor these men for their sacrifice
camman44 1 year ago
Flagship Hood was too heavy, too slow and a very old and worn out rusty ship. She was touring the world for 15 years showing navy power to the colonies who were by now challenging british rule. She was beautiful and had great fire power but was an obsolete design and most navy people were concerned about her capabilities in fighting at sea
saintellins 1 year ago
@saintellins Old, worn out and slow,..... she was doing 30plus knots going into action, slightly faster than the P.O.W.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
HMS Hood was the most beautiful ship ever built. Its such a shame she was destroyed. Im working on my third model of her and she is just so damn beautiful.
SilenNex2114 1 year ago
SoeldnerAnthraX: Hitler was a product of WWI and the Great Depression, it wasn't the people's fault that he came to power. If WWI never happened, Hitler would have been a nobody. Britain should have been more diplomatic with Germany, it was their fault that the Kaiser was incensed at Britain's heavy-handedness and insensitivity. Britain was afraid of competition at the turn of the century.
JBC814 1 year ago
What? At the turn of the century the UK saw Germany as a potential ally against her old enemies France and Russia. It was Bismarck that sought to maintain good relations with the UK. It was Kaiser Wilhelm II that fucked it up. He not only wanted to give Germany her place in the sun, but to do it at the expense of the UK. It already had been a long standing policy in the UK of having a navy larger than the next two biggest combined. It was Germany that wanted to rival the UK.
thatkidinthegreenhat 1 year ago
@thatkidinthegreenhat : I'm afraid you've got it wrong. Britain was allied with France and Russia, while Germany was allied with Austria and Turkey. It was Britain's refusal to drop the restrictions on the size of the German Navy that incensed the Kaiser, and probably caused the war. Britain forced the Kaiser to sign the Naval agreement which restricted Germany's Navy to less than half the size of Britain's. The Kaiser could have refused to sign, but he was related to Britain's royal family.
JBC814 1 year ago
What are you talking about? I am going to try to understand what your comment says. "It was Britain's refusal to drop the restrictions on the size of the German Navy that incensed the Kaiser" What? "Britain forced the Kaiser to sign the Naval agreement which restricted Germany's Navy to less than half the size of Britain's." Again what are you smoking? "The Kaiser could have refused to sign, but he was related to Britain's royal family." Refused to sign what ?
thatkidinthegreenhat 1 year ago
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@JBC814
I don't think there were any restrictions on fleet size before WWI
There was a treaty after WWI
Germany wanted a bigger fleet to project naval power.
Britain just kept building more ships to keep its navy bigger than Germany and France combined. - "We want eight and we won't wait!"
Digmen1 3 weeks ago
Wow they built that thing in less than 2 years...
GoodEvenings 1 year ago
good video thanks.
mappams 1 year ago
BOATS.
HOW DO THEY WORK?
Galforg 1 year ago
1418 souls died and that's something that should be remembered. The US has the Arizona, the UK HMS Hood
Maltray 1 year ago
HMS Hood went down in minutes with only three survivors. RIP those men lost on that fateful day.
BB2433 1 year ago
I just had to watch this one again. Wonderful choice of music, and overall an excellent tribute to a gallant ship and crew.
thespawnof66 1 year ago
This is an Awsome post. Thank you.
Hopkins1148 1 year ago
I hope we can all agree, this is not about huge battleships, but the failure of Europes leaders of overt war once again. The price of this failure is payed by flesh and blood of human beings, each one with a unique heart and soul to do good.
If we are not careful, these few leaders who rule this planet today will do this again.
Sidslotm 1 year ago
@Sidslotm how could this war have been avoided though? i agree with your sentiments,but with a facist dictator,intent on european domination,and the murder of an entire people,the only way would have been for the world to roll over,and let the Nazis do what they wanted....no,this war was down to one group of people!
jonboy1973 1 year ago
@jonboy1973 Today in the UK we have accepted lies from our leaders as a normal means of communication. This is how the Nazis took power, by lying to the people. The result is war, and it's people like you and me that have to pay the price for their lies. an old quote: "a thief will steal all you have, but a liar will see you hang"
Sidslotm 1 year ago
I know it sounds wierd but she really was a handsome old girl wasn't she.
dougpeerless 1 year ago 20
@dougpeerless Very...
ped11351 1 year ago
in the love of god what is this melodies name?
unfortunatley the shot that sunk the hood was lucky.
maybe the fight would have been longer or with less casulties if the germans didn't hit hood's amuniton storehouse.
either way i salute to the bravery of hood's, pow's, prince eugen's and bismarck's crew.
MostEpicLulz 1 year ago
@MostEpicLulz Don't you recognise "Amazing Grace"?
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
i have heard this melody many times, but i never was told its name. thanks
MostEpicLulz 1 year ago
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V1 rocket what a weapon who needs Exocet
Pateretfilius 1 year ago
My Great Grandfather's Brother served on Hood in the 1920s, I should like to see if he made any recollections of the mighty ship.
HelmutVillam 1 year ago
The father os my Grandfather died on the Bismarck....
He seved on the Bridge....
Ruhed in Frieden egal ob Freund oder Feind
But now we are allied and i hope for ever....
Salute
Basti6814 1 year ago
My relative was Chief Yeoman on Prince of Wales. He saw Hood go up and later gave evidence at the enquiry.
veritascrusader 1 year ago
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V 1 TORPEDO PLANE WHAT A BANG
Pateretfilius 1 year ago
A very impressive video.
Even as a German, I respectfully salut the men killed in action. They positively represented what the Royal Navy stands for.
I was shocked to see the picture of the whole crew, realizing only 3 of them have survived.
They were joined by so many of the men of the Bismarck.
What a tragedy with those 2 battleships, thousands of the best of men died, including 2 Admirals.
We have a saying in Germany - friend and foe, united in death.
Rest in peace.
gosuc 1 year ago 2
@gosuc makes you stop and think for a minute doesnt it.
dougstiro 1 year ago
My late father said that as a young lad in the 1930s, standing at Gosport Ferry, on many occasions he saw HMS Hood tied up at the South Jetty in Pompey Harbour. He said she was massive. He said when the news came through that she had been sunk, they simply couldn't believe it. My late neighbour lost one of her three brothers on the Hood, and another brother died as a prisoner of the Japanese. RIP to them all.
Froghood1 2 years ago
I've heard that the loss of the Repulse and Prince of Wales was similar in it's effects on the nation. In fact, I've read a quote by Winston Churchill to the effect that it was the most unexpected blow of the war for him. The British never took the Japanese seriously, and the fact that they had a SECOND powerful enemy only dawned when two of their most powerful battleships were sunk, and sunk by airplanes rather than in glorious battle. It's too bad that so many had to die, but that's war.
justforever96 1 year ago
I love that you showed a picture of the ships cat
916fanatic1 2 years ago
@916fanatic1 That was "Ginger", one of two ships cats, the other was a very hansome black and white cat called "Fishcakes". Sadley both perished with the ship.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
@916fanatic1 I think I mentioned this before but Hood had 2 cats. The one in the pic. is Ginger, the other was black and white and called Fishcakes. Both went down with the ship.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
The Hood was the largest Battlecruiser ever built. The whole reason for building was to give the navy after the Great War (WW1) a ship that punched as good as any Battleship but had the speed to keep out of range of danger or to hunt down a fleeing ship. In 1918 she was the most powerful ship afloat with a top speed in excess of 30Knots. Most contemporary Battleships would be lucky to get to 26Knots.
When I was a child in the 50's the country was still in shock over the sinking of the HMS Hood.
littlebigbrain 2 years ago
Actually, the Hood was actually just an "improved battlecruiser". Battlecruisers are a totally pre-WWI idea, and were found to be a bad idea at Jutland, but it was too late to change the design. The Royal Navy wasn't too keen on BC's after 1918; they tried to improve the Hood as much as they could, but the ship you're talking about didn't come until the "fast battleship", which I guess the Hood was sort of a prototype of. She was a victim of a shift in design ideals 1/2-way through construction.
justforever96 1 year ago
@justforever96 I agree with much of what you say but the notion of the modern Battleship was actually the Rodney and the Nelson Both originally designed to be in excess of 55,000 tons. The Hood was an answer to that design of Battle Ship and not the Jutland Dreadnoughts. They were still building Battleships until the airplane and thus aircraft carriers became the real Capital warships in WW2. The Warspite was one of the first British Battleships to be built in the modern manner.
littlebigbrain 1 year ago
@littlebigbrain : Lesson to learn from the Hood: Don't reduce the armor in order to increase speed. They should have gone the extra expense to increase horsepower and leave the armor at standard (or greater) BB specifications.
JBC814 1 year ago
She was an old ship compared to the bismarck - she didn't stand a chance
MrNeversaynever 2 years ago
If the Hood had the refurbishing the British had planned for her,she would have had a fighting chance against Bismarck.
XemokidX1991X 2 years ago
I recall as a young boy my parents telling me the shock of losing the Hood was felt by the whole nation, many people couldn't accept the news and wept openly for the lost seamen
Don18k 2 years ago
Hood or the 7 b,s Britain's biggest bastard battlecruiser built by Brown RIP the 1415 KIA and the 3 survivors now all gone,and of course the crew of Bismarck.
elswick1542 2 years ago
I can never decide for sure which was the more beautiful ship, the Hood or the Bismarck. Both very graceful, but I think I lean towards the Hood, with her classic lines and twin funnels. Funny the way history works out; the Bismarck and the Hood are permanantly connected now; you can't talk of one without mentioning the other. I suppose the word would be "nemesis". I remember reading about how during the Bismarcks trials, the crew would pretend that they were firing at the Mighty HMS Hood.
justforever96 2 years ago 2
@justforever96 yeah, the Hood has a very attractive curve on the hull, looks very slender, beautiful. the Bismark perhaps more ominous?
tournon71 2 years ago
Jeez...you know you drink too much when you find comments that you don't remember making. I know that this was me though. Hell, I actually sound pretty good. Not to sound conceited or anything....
justforever96 1 year ago
@justforever96 : The Bismarck was a fine example of German engineering and I give her the edge in beauty, but neither ship could match the beauty of the U.S. Navy's clipper-bowed Tennessee and Colorado classes. The Tennessee class had (12) 14" mains, and the Colorado class had (8) 16" mains.
JBC814 1 year ago
God be with the scottish fellows that built her...she did us all proud for many a year and fought valiantly until the end....HMS HOOD
biglobon 2 years ago
my great grandfather was on this ship....his son..my grandad joined the army but then my father and myself both joined the Royal navy. We still have an Hms hood cap tally at home!! Long live the RN
biglobon 2 years ago
:-( R.I.P the hood and crew member :-( *cry*
leebeanhai 2 years ago
Her captain was very aware of her weaknesses. But the Prince of Whales had a green crew so Kerr took the lead and the Hood was first to come under fire. The Bismarck simply could not be allowed into the shipping lanes and the crew of the Hood knew that; they did what was asked of them, that is what great men do. God rest their souls.
grousekiller 2 years ago 10
@grousekiller Hood was leading as she was the flagship (Adm Holland) and was nothing to do with a green crew on PoW
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
So many fair and decent comments. Not only ships make a nation great but also people like you guys.
I admit, I did not expect to find such nice folks right here!
robinhood48 2 years ago 2
She is something that everyone can claim as part of them , whether your Welsh , english , Scottish or Northern Irish - a great ship built by a great nation
sailingforde04 2 years ago
Much as I am sorry that the German crew had to die, my thoughts are for 'Hood' and her British crew. She was built in a British yard by British workers using British technology - her crew came from our towns & villages. She embodied our history. She was the best we had to give and if she wasn't up to it that day that is down to us as well.
I'll shed a tear for her because she is a part of me and my son - and because she now lies in the cold sea a long way from home.
mig25pd 2 years ago
@mig25pd, atleast she didnt go in vain, we got the Bismarck, we sunk (use the term loosely to avoid angering Germans) that mighty german ship to the bottom, it might have taken near the allmight of the RN but we did it.
As a Glaswegian it always makes me cringe when I watch computer made projections of the final seconds... as the hull buckles. However I will always remember her defiance in having the last shot before submerging to the bottom.
God rest all their valiant souls.
beaudece 2 years ago 2
she is the most bravest ship in the history and u Germans the Bismarck was a brave ship too R.I.P the lost souls from both ships
marie281073 2 years ago 2
my great grandad lost 7 friends on the HMS Hood R.I.P HMS Hood and 1415 her lost souls
marie281073 2 years ago
did u know that hood was built on the river clyde in glasgow
DuffThe 2 years ago
rip all thoes who lost their lives on this mighty ship
imachristian100 2 years ago
Irresponsible sending her.. a beautiful ship; the Navy is unsentimental about its ships,scrapping all the battleships. The dreadnoughts were astonishing - mighty castles.One should have been saved for British naval history...the magnificent Warspite - served from Jutland to Normandy ; it wrecked itself on Cornish rocks on route to the breakers. We have Belfast - very interesting to visit, and the destroyer Cavalier at Chatham, but America has preserved several capital ships; well done them.
kgs42 2 years ago
The Hood was not obsolete at the time , and was probably the best battle ship the Brits had. The rest were either too new -like the Prince of wales and not yet sorted out , and many others were too old.
But she had a fatal weakness - inadequate armour protecting her vital magazines. She was most certainly sunk by a shell from Bismark which passed through her wooden decks, penetrated her magazine and exploded. Some might say "a lucky shot" which resulted in a great loss and tragedy.
Billyjack050 2 years ago 2
Stauffenberg and his friends were a force for good, shame there wasn't more of them though. To say its ok what we did because a handful of Germans decided it wasn't right is quite frankly bollocks. You got beat and the British Empire spent its wealth putting you down. All it ever really took was for all Germans to put down their guns and say "this is wrong".... I mean come on, if someone told me to herd people into a gas chamber I'd tell them to fuck off.....
Ichantyr 2 years ago
@Ichantyr
Just one provoking question:
Do you really believe that it was the tragedy of the jewish people that made britain fight till the end?
Would be nice if it was so, but I am quite sure this was by far not the main reason.
Nevertheless it deserves respect that the were standing up against the nazi regime and finally suceeded with the big support of the US.
Wouldn´t like to live in world with their criminal points of view..
LeonhardMunich 2 years ago
We all hate what the Nazis did, not the germans. The Nazis killed Germans as well, german jews. We could have been living on planet Nazi, if that bastard wasn't stopped.
I am very lucky not to have lived in those dark times, and have the greatest admiration and respect for those who did, whatever nationality.
These videos are a reminder, if we should ever need one.
lsjkfbsodj 2 years ago 3
bravo
HelmutVillam 2 years ago
very good ship, but sorry, Bismarck FTW ! Sorry im German ^^
SoeldnerAnthraX 2 years ago
nothing to be ashamed off nowadays
dougstiro 2 years ago
I´m not ashamed to be German. I´m really proud to be German. But im not a nazi, thats something many people think if im saying to be a proud german. BUT a proud German is not a Nazi. A proud german is against Nazis. Stauffenberg said as he died :"Für das heilige Deutschland" , in english "For the holy Germany", and he was against Hitler. Every Real German was against Hitler.... i am ashamed of hitler germany, but its a part of the history of germany and i have to accept this.
SoeldnerAnthraX 2 years ago 30
@SoeldnerAnthraX
Seek one single perfect country, without crimes, unfairness, shames or remorses in its History. If you find it, you should feel ashamed of beeing German.
Otherwise, forget it!
Regards
matamuelas 1 year ago
@SoeldnerAnthraX Kind of like how most Americans are starting to feel about Obama!
lander4545 1 year ago
@SoeldnerAnthraX fuck you la stupid fucking german!
pussq 1 year ago
@SoeldnerAnthraX
I like this remark, as a boy I spent my time in Germany, around 1960. My Father was an ex English soldier and he sat with German men drinking German bier, and they all laughed together when one German farmers stood up with his bier in hand and said "we lost the war because we did not have Churchill".
Germany is a great Nation.
Sidslotm 1 year ago 10
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@Sidslotm very nice Words from you
Chris1141992 11 months ago
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@Chris1141992 thanks Chris
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TheMightyBlighty 10 months ago
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@TheMightyBlighty "All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honour, duty; mercy; hope."
-Winston Churchill
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