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.
@gosuc-my Liverpudlian mother had a fiance who was torpedoed twice.Twice she wore a black arm band.Twice he returned.The third time he was on the Hood.The Prince of Wales was later sunk, by the Japanese, together with the HMS Repulse. Interestingly the Repulse was captained by Bill Tennant who had been in charge (on the beaches) of the evacuation from Dunkirk.He survived & was greatly loved by his men.His story is very interesting.Watching people trapped in ships, boats or tanks is horrendous.
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.
Make that 4" magazine, not 6". The incoming 15" round most likely didn't plunge through the deck due to the low gun elevation at that short range but instead pierced the top of the 12" belt armor on Hood before entering the 4" magazine.
There are no movies of HMS Hood exploding. There are a few still shots of the aftermath taken from Prinz Eugen from a distance of 9-10 miles (about 18000yds). She was laid down in 1916 and commisioned in 1920. She was the largest warship in the world until Bismarck was built. The theory is that a 15" shell from Bismarcks 5th salvo penetrated and exploded in a 6" magazine adjacent to her aft 15" magazine which also detonated cutting the ship in half.
My Grandfather was a Mechanical Engineer and worked for Metropolitan Vickers based in Trafford Park, Manchester. He was according to my late Mother given an award for his contribution towards his design of gears that were used in the Hoods propulsion system.
@mikelsok thats very interesting I wonder if you could follow it up and do some research, i wonder where you could find Vickers old records. might be worth looking into it and a good story for your local newspaper or TV station? The people such as you Grandad are unsung heroes.
Good Video, especially Tilburn interview, never seen that before. So sad, the world lost 2 beautiful ships and so many brave men just doing there duty.
Thank you Gosuc. My mum came from Liverpool&was bombed 3 times by Luftwaffe.She knew many on the Hood. Shealso watched the battered merchant ships limp into port often with many dead. But when she saw a film of the sinking of the Bismark she just said "Poor lads"
i´m german too, so i think you´ll understand, when i say that the Bismarck was the best and greatest ship ever, but after every german ship the Hood is the best english ship ever build.
@MrDeutschland4ever I am german too, there is a reason that the bismarck was the most powerful ship. Your comparison is pretty stupid since the HMS Hood was ordered in 1916. It was a World War 1 ship against a world war 2 ship. The germans were gearing up for war and the british didn't want another war after the World War 1
I am German, but I never felt any kind of enthusiasm when I learned about the faith of the hood. Of course, battleships were made for war, but I always understood the sinking of ships like the Hood or Bismarck as a tragedy, as there is always the life of the bravest and most disziplined men sacrified.
My respectful salut to the killed Soldiers of the Hood.
Thankyou for your comment, yes i have heard that many German Naval crews stood to attention on board when ships were sunk, as respect, likewise Royal navy ships would search for hours to find German naval survivors, they were all seamen, total respect for each other.
I thought that the SNI ( Somalian Naval Institute) is supported by the Italians. But any how thanks for the information. Perhaps the Mongolians are wrong after all. I guess thats up to the Mongolians and the Somalians to figure out between them.
New investigations by the Mongolian Maritime archeology university has revealed that HMS Hood was torpedoded by a German U boat aiding the Germans, not by Bismarck. The article is in the Nature magazine look it up guys.
The Narrator also put together the clips from archives and He was a Royal Navy man and ex Ganges boy..how doe you think Bob Dylan would be so knowledgeable on the Royal Navy?
@fatsbaloni I don't think so. It's too near to the camera, there is no sign of the Prince of Wales and the sea is much too calm. I don't doubt that is a ship exploding, but it's not Hood.
Yes, but Holland foundered once the William, the Statholder of the Netherlands became the consort of the Queen of England(Mary). The Dutch more than held their own in the three Anglo Dutch wars, but it yielded them little. By 1800, England had no challengers on the oceans. Especially not the Dutch, who were a mere shadow of their former selves.
Seanmartin23 - please just close your hoop before you make yourself look any more silly. All this banging on about Japanese "superiority"...you do realise that many Japanese warships (eg. Kongo, Mikasa) were built by the British, and later ships built in Japan (eg. Hosho) were based on British practise? That the Japs modelled their naval academies on Dartmouth and Ganges? That they turned to the UK to help them modernise their navy? Ever heard of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance?
she was ordered in 1920 and commisioned five years later as an admiral class BC while the rest was cancelled du to budget cuts she was the biggest and most powerfull ship in the world until the bismarck was commisioned the only ship in the royal navy that was bigger was the HMS vanguard and the new carriers
there was a documentary on her the other year. They found her but i cant remember the details, google it. She might not have been the most up to date ship at the time but she was iconic and stunning.
Sorry to correct you, warshipworshipper, but lighter shell (ie lower calibre) certainly doesn't = lower muzzle velocity. In fact, given the same amount of 'charge' the exact opposite is true !
(Compare long barreled PzKw III with short barreled PzKw IV for instance).
Although PoW had a lower calibre than Hood, she actually 'outranged' her, and could have opened fire on Bismarck earlier than she did, if V.A. Holland hadn't let 'decorum' dictate that she DIDN'T open fire before the flagship !
The Japanese Imperial Navy rule because they are the only Empire who feared the allied forces from their mighty navy. Britain has no match against the Imperial Japanese Navy. Britain could have been attacked by the Japanese if the United States failed to control them, like what the Philippine Army and US Army did in the Battle of Corrigidor to save Australia from Japanese Invasion.
Plus; you say the U.S. Carriers and ships out-numbered everyone else; soooooo. You cannot compare the quality and class of the other navies of the world with the U.S. During WWII you were churning-out a ship a week - but Liberty ships were too weak and made badly - just like Sherman Tanks - easily destroyed and torn-to-pieces - "TommieCookers" the Germans called them - as usual - youre full of ***************************************
This is a ridiculous discussion. The Iowa class fast battleships outclassed all of these ships. But, they to where made completely obsolete by the rise of aviation. Do the names Taranto and Pearl Harbor ring a bell. Yamato, Haruna, Tirpitz, all sunk from the air.
think of the time period we're talkin about u dirkhead. at this time time period (post-1914) Britain was the global superpower and by far the largest navy threat
? Post 1914 covers what we are talking about? Aircraft carrier were built and in service before the Bismarck (launched Feb 1939). And Again, the Iowa class fast battleships outclassed all of these, the Yamato (no radar, poor ballistic performance on her 18" projectiles), the Bismarck (less well armed and slower), the Hood (to poorly armored, as amply demonstrated by the Bismarck). Also, transonicbuoy1 hits it on the head.
Just take a look at the number of aircraft carriers built by US, just counting the main ones... if you go into the escort types, by the end of the war the count is almost crazy....
Royal Navy had a great history, and still made up during WW2, but this was not anymore the largest fleet that could be qualified as the largest threat.
The battleships were outdated at the break of WW2. It took something like two years to fully understand when Pearl Harber occured, then later on Midway.
The Japanese Imperial Navy is the fastest modernization in the world. Japan ranked 2nd most powerful navy during WWII, 2nd from US. Germany Ranked 3rd, Britain ranked 4rth.
modernisation yeh bcoz the japanese navy couldnt get worse!
the only way was to go forward from the swag wooden boats that Britain had about 300yrs ago. In WWI, wen Britain invented the Dreadnought - the largest and fastest battleship made of metal, Britain was the largest naval superpower. Germany was humiliated at the battles of Jutland, Heligoland bight and Dogger Bank that the german navy never went out to battle in the north sea with the British again
Germany NEVER outranked the Royal Navy. Britain had about a ten-to-one numerical superiority over the Kriegsmarine on 09-02-1939. And Nagumo's IJN carrier force was the best in the world by the time of Pearl Harbor. Germany might have been third from the bottom, but sure as hell not the top!
In WW2, Japan was 3 times the size of British Navy. So, to think that British was left behind is a serious threat to European Countries, even Germany was a little behind to Japanese supremacy in the ocean. Remember the warship Mirai of the Imperial Japanese Navy, it's advanced technology sunked US warships at night without detecting her movement. Mirai has no escorts, she is alone at sea waiting for victims.
in WWII yeh, bcoz of the pacific empire the japs were creating. nowadays though, u might as well talk about the Mongolian navy bcoz the japs are not even close wen compared to USA, Britain, France, Germany and China even
British Navy could be crippled by the Japanese Imperial Navy if the allied forces failed to stop Japanese ambition to conquer the world, like Italy and Germany.
Britain, France and Germany is weak if combined against Asian Superpowers, Like Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, and India. You wouldn't believe how china threatened US Satellites. China could destroy enemy positions on ground, water, and down to deepest sea in the world. If that will happened, US will lose the most, ships sunk beneath the ocean, and planes crash on the ground if US satellites still to be fragile against China's Super Dooper Lazer.
Of course, they are not. What I'm telling is, they could go to war if there is pressure from the their enemies. Like for instance, US is using Japanese Government as their puppet in their continuing effort to expand their military ambition over East Asia.
If US continue to intervene over Taiwan then China will enter war against the United States. And United States Armed Forces will lose the most because their satellites are fragile. Remember, Asian territories continue to expand in space. While that of the European Countries turned to be very weak. CHINA AND JAPAN is a dominating power in the world, I know, the Americans were alarmed with their continuing effort to negotiate peace agreement with China. And China could be just playing around.
japan is like india, very conservative and peaceful and dont like to get involved. it was only WWII that the japs were agressive. nowadays, Japan is way 2 peaceful to do anything about war. they literally bumsuck other countries
Japanese Navy stil better than British Navy. Look at the number of warships they have nowadays and to consider Japanese Industrial Power would be enough to say that the Japanese can surpass Europe's supremacy. Modern technology is now in Japan and the US is making them rich.
NO, your wrong. Get an exact detail dude. British can no longer surpass Imperial Japanese Navy nowadays. You comparing British Navy, "small" to Japanese Navy, "Extra Large", it's like your talking without knowing the realty of British and Japanese world. Japan is had reached on top while Britain continue to left behind. Go to Japan, and see what you don't believe.
thats ur problem. battleships hav become extinct. its only aircraft carriers and perhaps some missile cruisers that are necessary. i'm not talking about now. In WWI and up to WWII, Britain was the largest naval superpower.
anyway, even ur lies about the jap navy being the best nowadays is silly bcoz the British military would own the japs. u only need a typhoon to singlehandedly take out 5 battleships at the switch of 1 button
Your a certified manipulator. The Japanese will never allow that. I'm not talking to battleships nowadays. I'm talking to Japanese Modern Navy. British navy is too weak compare to that of Japan nowadays. Your talking too the highest level without knowing the reality. Maybe you can compare British Navy Gallery to Japanese Navy Gallery, there you see what you don't believe. The way you talk, wow, impossible. Incredibly trying to put the British Military at the utmost limit. How incredible.
i know that nowadays the British is alot weaker than it was but it still is better than the jap navy. like u say, its only battleships in the jap navy. a single fighter jet can singlehandly take several out simulatenously.
however, Japan's carrier fleet was numerically and qualitatively superior to the American and British fleets...that's according to the Americans...even the British Carriers had served successfully in the war,the Royal Navy found they could no longer build massive carriers,they always lost money in expense.
And one thing, Japanese Aircraft Carriers is expanding while that of Britain remains the same. Although, British Navy had released their newest and most modern aircraft carrier.
JSDF, this stands for Japanese Self Defense Force. Another one, JMSDF forever, JMSDF Fleet Review 観艦式2006(Rehearsal), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force...Japanese state of the art destroyers can be seen here, all of them are related videos but there are so much more...
Damn, youre a Genius zappasaurus; of course HMS HOOD was out-dated but when its the only ship in opperational range then its the one you send. The BISMARCK was a brand-new battle-ship; the HOOD was a refiited, 20 years old ship - so of course the HOOD was out-classed but it had the armament to almost match the BISMARCK in a fire-fight. And, at the time, BISMACK and (once completed) TIRPITZ could have taken most ships on. Youre forgetting - these are German ships; designed to perfection.
Storkey, do you have a point to make? Look at the thread. The point is that the finest battleships ever made for any navy were the Iowa's. The only arguable competitors are the Yamato and Musashi. They were slower and more critically did not have radar. As for the Hood and Bismarck, totally outclassed. They are the gold standard. That quality extends to aircraft carriers of that era as well (i.e., the Essex class). Comparing "tin cans"...? Irrelevant.
HMS Hood and Bismark were not the queens of the sea. Yamato and Musashi battleship were the real queens of the sea since they where built to fear Europe's Navy, Russian Navy and US navy. Remember, Japan built the most awsome battleships in the world. In WWII, Japan has 14 battleships. Britain's pride is HMS Hood, and Germany's pride is Bismarck, they are so weak so how will you say that they are the queens of the sea? Where is Yamato and Musashi?
Yamato and Musashi were never built to strike fear into other navies. Haven't you ever seen "Dr. Strangelove"? Nobody knew much about Yamato/Musashi, because they kept them a closely guarded secret. If they wanted to instill fear, they would have made damn sure those other navies knew about them and very early in their existence. Look how much fear Saddam Hussein caused with his so-called "Republican Guard" before Desert Storm. THAT lasted about what...two days?
I never knew there was actual video footage of HMS Hood exploding. Amazing footage! After so many years, I thought I'd seen all the footage ever recorded from WWII, I guess not.
The exploding ship you see in this video is NOT the Hood going up. It's a stand-in chunk of generic footage, just like most war films use. If it moves, shoots, or blows up they throw it in the mix.
And yes, *Admiral* (not Captain) Tom Phillips was a fucking fool. All navies have their morons, including the RN. Luckily there were also the likes of Cunningham, Vian, Tovey, Sommerville, etc. to even things out.
This film must have been made in the 1950s? The surviving crew member looked to be in his 30s. A lot of things led to the lost of the Hood, but its history must be taken in context. What did the captains know and when, what were their orders, what was the weather, all these factors played a part.
in the battle the hood led a head on charge so that the bismark would have a smaller target to fire at and that the shells would hit the side of the ship where it had better armor it was hit when it was about to turn and bring all it's guns to bear but sadly one shell went through the back end of her where she was armoured the least and sunk
HMS Hood...what a beautiful ship. My uncle was on the Rodney, which could have beautiful too and more than a mmtch for Bismark, or any other battleship, but because of the London Naval Treaty she was "cut off" and ugly as sin..ah well
the only reason that rodney beat up bismack it was that bismarck was disable, but i beat that one on one bismarck would beat up rodney, faster, better optical range finders and better training, and the krigesmarine never run, take for example the scharnhorst, it confronted a superior force and never give up
wrong wrong and wrong tirpitz spent the war hiding in a norwegian fjord RN were superior in tactics shipbuilding bismarck's rudder was disabled its was firing but got raped by KGV and rodney
it took rodney 17 salvos to stradle bismarck, bismarck only 5 to do that agains the hood, her crew was very green, even her own guns made some damages on board
no they didnt they thought a full broadside would damage the superstructure it didnt nelson fired 3-4 successfully, KGV and rodney were skimming low angle shells to butcher the bismarcks crew ...a slow death
rodney fired 375 round and only landed 40 and only 3 of them penetrated the main belt, and the blast effect DID some damage and after this engagement was ordered to boston ma, usa for repairs
Any idea were I could watch the rest of this video?
Navyfieldguy 4 days ago
Thanks for posting.
My uncle went down on the Hood.
He was only 21.
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SuperAsi666 3 months ago
In the Bismark's launching, WTF was the music about?
HeartGold356 3 months ago
Poor Hood!
MsGate007 3 months ago
Tragic what happens in war. One wonders if the Britain they died for was truly worth it. RIP.
Gonzoidzz 3 months ago
My Grandad was onboard this ship when it went down RIP GRANDAD PLIMBLEY
CongenialityMiss 4 months ago
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
the great hood, shame they forgot to upgrade it
BlakeInternational 8 months ago
@gosuc-my Liverpudlian mother had a fiance who was torpedoed twice.Twice she wore a black arm band.Twice he returned.The third time he was on the Hood.The Prince of Wales was later sunk, by the Japanese, together with the HMS Repulse. Interestingly the Repulse was captained by Bill Tennant who had been in charge (on the beaches) of the evacuation from Dunkirk.He survived & was greatly loved by his men.His story is very interesting.Watching people trapped in ships, boats or tanks is horrendous.
Insperato62 1 year ago
in merory vor germanyof all soldsers and good men ted brigs
ollenhauer1 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
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speakswahilidammit 1 year ago
My late father served on The Mighty Hood between the wars. I believe he did some of his training on her.........
Factnotfictionpeople 1 year ago
@Factnotfictionpeople
my great grandfather's brother served on her in the 20s. I'm filled with pride knowing that I have just a small connection to this legendary ship.
HelmutVillam 1 year ago
My gr8 gr8 uncle died on HMS HOOD
astelfox1 1 year ago
You can summarize Battleships and Submarines under one term: Iron Graves !
bowman2061 1 year ago
this video is ruined by the stupid background noises none of which have any connection to the actual events and are just amateur and irritating
poussecafe3 1 year ago
It only took 1 shot
Aldawok12 1 year ago
@Aldawok12 Anything can be destroyed with one shot, provided it hits the right place.
DannyBoy777777 1 year ago
my respect to the naval heroes of both german and british ships.
GhoZTStaR 1 year ago 16
@GhoZTStaR Yes my friend and they had tons of respect for each other also, they were all seamen, thats a universal bond.
WELLBRAN 1 year ago 7
@WELLBRAN lol seamen
oJKBo 11 months ago
Make that 4" magazine, not 6". The incoming 15" round most likely didn't plunge through the deck due to the low gun elevation at that short range but instead pierced the top of the 12" belt armor on Hood before entering the 4" magazine.
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There are no movies of HMS Hood exploding. There are a few still shots of the aftermath taken from Prinz Eugen from a distance of 9-10 miles (about 18000yds). She was laid down in 1916 and commisioned in 1920. She was the largest warship in the world until Bismarck was built. The theory is that a 15" shell from Bismarcks 5th salvo penetrated and exploded in a 6" magazine adjacent to her aft 15" magazine which also detonated cutting the ship in half.
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What was the title of the song from 0:52?
SchwarzeProminence 1 year ago
My Grandfather was a Mechanical Engineer and worked for Metropolitan Vickers based in Trafford Park, Manchester. He was according to my late Mother given an award for his contribution towards his design of gears that were used in the Hoods propulsion system.
mikelsok 1 year ago
@mikelsok thats very interesting I wonder if you could follow it up and do some research, i wonder where you could find Vickers old records. might be worth looking into it and a good story for your local newspaper or TV station? The people such as you Grandad are unsung heroes.
WELLBRAN 1 year ago
@mikelsok I agree w/ mikelsok. That info would be very interesting to any naval historian (expert, pro, or like myself amateur).
cabbievonbump 1 year ago
I had an old friend who served on the Hood early on but was transferred before the loss and spent much of the war around Ceylon.
MrPomdownunder 1 year ago
Good Video, especially Tilburn interview, never seen that before. So sad, the world lost 2 beautiful ships and so many brave men just doing there duty.
England and Germany friends forever now.
pointy2 1 year ago
Thank you Gosuc. My mum came from Liverpool&was bombed 3 times by Luftwaffe.She knew many on the Hood. Shealso watched the battered merchant ships limp into port often with many dead. But when she saw a film of the sinking of the Bismark she just said "Poor lads"
Insperato62 1 year ago
Sad...
According to my Grandmother, her cousin was on it when it sank.
chrisakky 2 years ago
i´m german too, so i think you´ll understand, when i say that the Bismarck was the best and greatest ship ever, but after every german ship the Hood is the best english ship ever build.
MrDeutschland4ever 2 years ago
what about the tirpitz?
burnleyboy01 1 year ago
ok i mean the Bismarck-class and the tirpitz was one of it. but i think, the bismarck is the most famous german warship ever.
MrDeutschland4ever 1 year ago
@MrDeutschland4ever I am german too, there is a reason that the bismarck was the most powerful ship. Your comparison is pretty stupid since the HMS Hood was ordered in 1916. It was a World War 1 ship against a world war 2 ship. The germans were gearing up for war and the british didn't want another war after the World War 1
Dave6177 1 year ago
I am German, but I never felt any kind of enthusiasm when I learned about the faith of the hood. Of course, battleships were made for war, but I always understood the sinking of ships like the Hood or Bismarck as a tragedy, as there is always the life of the bravest and most disziplined men sacrified.
My respectful salut to the killed Soldiers of the Hood.
gosuc 2 years ago 15
Thankyou for your comment, yes i have heard that many German Naval crews stood to attention on board when ships were sunk, as respect, likewise Royal navy ships would search for hours to find German naval survivors, they were all seamen, total respect for each other.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
@WELLBRAN A pity such "respect" didnt extend to the Pacific war where Japanese and US sailors shot many survivors without thinking twice!
semperfidelis677 6 months ago
@gosuc Respect for all the brave men who served on the seas.
coveneyr 8 months ago
@gosuc Yes my friend. Brit to German.
transonicbuoy1 2 months ago
I think Hood was the most beautiful ship the Royal Navy ever built.
mcs1hr 2 years ago
This footage is genuine, the footage is from the Imperial War museum archives.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
i think you will find that the bismarck sank the hood, i have even spoke to one of the survivers, i promise you
powerblackness 2 years ago
Thats what the world want to think us but thats not the truth mate.
vnck25 2 years ago
ok! i do have an open mind, but you will have to tell me how you think it sank?
powerblackness 2 years ago
Pure Physics mate.
Hoods upthrust ( boyancy force) couldnt balance her weight, simple as that!
vnck25 2 years ago
vnck25,
My brain may indeed malfunctioning, how can one tell when it is? (haha)
Regardless, I did read a book written by one of the officers of the Bismarck a few years back.
Who's to know what the actual fact is this long thereafter?
And what does it really matter?
So many good young men lost their lives in all this useless mayhem.
neorunt 2 years ago
Hey, I was just pointing out that story, if you need more ask from the Mongolian Maritime University - Maritime Archelogical Faculty.
vnck25 2 years ago
vnck25,
What on Earth would Mongolians know about what went on here?
You also need to learn how to spell, read your last two comments.
neorunt 2 years ago
I am still learning English by the way.
I dont know it seems like the Mongols have a good maritime science univeristy like the Scrippts institute at San Deigo.
vnck25 2 years ago
The Somalian Naval Institute for Research and Study says otherwise and they are supported by the Nigerian Oceanic Confederation.
neorunt 2 years ago
Really!!!
I thought that the SNI ( Somalian Naval Institute) is supported by the Italians. But any how thanks for the information. Perhaps the Mongolians are wrong after all. I guess thats up to the Mongolians and the Somalians to figure out between them.
vnck25 2 years ago
The Rwandan Center for Naval Warfare (the RCNW) also has insight into this question).
neorunt 2 years ago
Hey this is new information, thanks for the updates. It seems like other countires are interested in Hood than Britain itself!!!
vnck25 2 years ago
Indeed vnck25,
The Nepalian Navy also has deep interest
in these issues.
neorunt 2 years ago
Sir, now I think you need to stop this, its getting out of control. I mean you really need not show that you are a bloody fool.
vnck25 2 years ago
New investigations by the Mongolian Maritime archeology university has revealed that HMS Hood was torpedoded by a German U boat aiding the Germans, not by Bismarck. The article is in the Nature magazine look it up guys.
vnck25 2 years ago
The Narrator also put together the clips from archives and He was a Royal Navy man and ex Ganges boy..how doe you think Bob Dylan would be so knowledgeable on the Royal Navy?
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
fuck you and that from a german!!!
kingofthejungleeeeee 2 years ago
RedRum, exceptional observation. It IS Bob Dylan. I can see him now, shuffling big cards - Hood, Bismarck, etc.
transonicbuoy1 2 years ago
Its not bob Dylan! its an ex RN man who is actually a Canadian
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
To all sailors, regardless of their nation;
R I P
Aenigmaa 2 years ago 10
Yes, Hood gone. That's it.
transonicbuoy1 2 years ago
Is that footage of the Hood exploding real?
fatsbaloni 2 years ago 2
yes..one shell into the magazine unlucky though , because the door was closing when the shell went through
1horseman 2 years ago
Who lived through the magazine
explosion to tell that little tale?
None of the three survivors thats
for sure
ugizzat 2 years ago
@fatsbaloni I don't think so. It's too near to the camera, there is no sign of the Prince of Wales and the sea is much too calm. I don't doubt that is a ship exploding, but it's not Hood.
SuperAncientmariner 1 year ago
It was a mismatch to begin with.... Hood was all muscle but a glass chin....
TheSexorcist2000 2 years ago
may she rest in peace......HIM to the sea
lordleather 2 years ago
Yes, but Holland foundered once the William, the Statholder of the Netherlands became the consort of the Queen of England(Mary). The Dutch more than held their own in the three Anglo Dutch wars, but it yielded them little. By 1800, England had no challengers on the oceans. Especially not the Dutch, who were a mere shadow of their former selves.
Strompy82 2 years ago
Seanmartin23 - please just close your hoop before you make yourself look any more silly. All this banging on about Japanese "superiority"...you do realise that many Japanese warships (eg. Kongo, Mikasa) were built by the British, and later ships built in Japan (eg. Hosho) were based on British practise? That the Japs modelled their naval academies on Dartmouth and Ganges? That they turned to the UK to help them modernise their navy? Ever heard of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance?
What a fanny.
beastatlay 2 years ago
Ha! You were just lucky! :-)
If we'd had submarines it'd have been different! :-)
Factnotfictionpeople 2 years ago
The Royal Navys supremacy was from 1815 to the 1930 - 'England' in 1667 was not one of the major powers at the time so your point is not really moot
madbob73 3 years ago
The three Anglo Dutch wars in the 1600s
were "between the two strongest Navies
at the time" my point was indeed, moot.
The three battles of Cape St vincent in
the late 1700swere between ships of
of Navies the French and English Which
were major powers and well matched.
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time" is at questionable.
ugizzat 2 years ago
britian ruled the worlds oceans,off and on for a long time.USN,'s11 cvn bttle grps,own the sea today
bv141a 3 years ago
The Royal navy was the most powerful navy in the world.They beat France, Spain and so many other countries!GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!!!
LordWellington15 3 years ago
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robinhood48 3 years ago
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rest in hell KMS bismarck.
R.I.P. HMS hood
0123010 3 years ago
you suck big time.
inar64 3 years ago
the ship had bad protection,german grenades could easily find the ammunition room.
Andiish08 3 years ago
very true the hss was old and outdated since it was built in the early 1930s compaerd to the german ships
BIGFACE08 3 years ago
Earlier than that, it was built during WW1. Think it was comissioned near the end of the war, 1918-1920.
rvfharrier 3 years ago
she was ordered in 1920 and commisioned five years later as an admiral class BC while the rest was cancelled du to budget cuts she was the biggest and most powerfull ship in the world until the bismarck was commisioned the only ship in the royal navy that was bigger was the HMS vanguard and the new carriers
TheChrace 2 years ago
Is that film of the actual explosion of HMS Hood? Looks closer than "the horizon".
cirvine11 3 years ago
there is one video , filmed by the Captain of Prinz Eugan - not very clear though
sailingforde04 3 years ago
My dad's friend John mcCormac died on the Hood, he was only 16.
S76N79 3 years ago 14
@S76N79
too bad only 3 guys survived. the guy that spoke and a messenger and one of the officers on board were the lucky ones.
Favre4Eva4 1 year ago
@Favre4Eva4 The guy speaking is Leading Seaman Tilburn, the Other 2 were Ted Briggs, a "bunting tosser" (signalman) and Dundas who was a Midshipman.
TheGreatGollum 1 year ago
I know i lad from wigan who's 2 brothers where on hms prince of wales and hms repulse.
He told me they survived the sinkings but didn't survive the rangoonie burma railways at the hands of the japenes wankers
Zeggle 3 years ago
Last known photograph of HMS Hood is the one you will come across, is the one taken from the port side of HMS Prince of Wales.
There's also one of the PoW (and the smoke from Hood's explosion), taken from Bismarck(?).
There's also a photo of a distant Bismarck while under fire from HMS George V and Rodney.
Sorry if you feel cheated, but I guess the guys were a LITTLE busy, at the time, to anticipate your request.
Mancastrian 3 years ago
The battle waz filmed by Paul Schmalenbach.
Schmalenbach waz a crew member of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.
Pictures u can find of the denmark strait battle are only frame of that film.
OptimusPanzer 3 years ago
My Grandmother lived in North-western Iceland during WW2, she told me that dead british sailors were often found on the shore near her farm.
Stefnir94 3 years ago
Some says that people heard the sound of the battle in Reykjavik.
OptimusPanzer 3 years ago
Really? I didn't know that.
Stefnir94 3 years ago
Yes, just click on 'HMS Hood: The Ghost of the Denmark Strait' (top right of THIS page).
A very good tribute by: snakes3425
Mancastrian 3 years ago
did they ever find her?
bonfire338 3 years ago
there was a documentary on her the other year. They found her but i cant remember the details, google it. She might not have been the most up to date ship at the time but she was iconic and stunning.
spire1997 3 years ago
Sorry to correct you, warshipworshipper, but lighter shell (ie lower calibre) certainly doesn't = lower muzzle velocity. In fact, given the same amount of 'charge' the exact opposite is true !
(Compare long barreled PzKw III with short barreled PzKw IV for instance).
Although PoW had a lower calibre than Hood, she actually 'outranged' her, and could have opened fire on Bismarck earlier than she did, if V.A. Holland hadn't let 'decorum' dictate that she DIDN'T open fire before the flagship !
Mancastrian 3 years ago
The Japanese Imperial Navy rule because they are the only Empire who feared the allied forces from their mighty navy. Britain has no match against the Imperial Japanese Navy. Britain could have been attacked by the Japanese if the United States failed to control them, like what the Philippine Army and US Army did in the Battle of Corrigidor to save Australia from Japanese Invasion.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
but be serious, it was only a matter of time b4 Japan would b stopped
92GH 3 years ago
Plus; you say the U.S. Carriers and ships out-numbered everyone else; soooooo. You cannot compare the quality and class of the other navies of the world with the U.S. During WWII you were churning-out a ship a week - but Liberty ships were too weak and made badly - just like Sherman Tanks - easily destroyed and torn-to-pieces - "TommieCookers" the Germans called them - as usual - youre full of ***************************************
StorkeyUK77 3 years ago
my greatgrandad went down with the hood, RIP
smittynotts 3 years ago
GEHEN BISMARCK!!!
hthtyun 3 years ago
Hau ab du blode arschloch!
inselaffe1967 3 years ago
Battleships look cool and all, but USA new Carriers would determine the war.
jboyd2107 3 years ago
Indeed; the battleship was all but outmoded by the time they got these big.
BarryDennen12 3 years ago
HMS Hood and Bismarck were the queens of the sea. yet again the USA fails
92GH 3 years ago 2
This is a ridiculous discussion. The Iowa class fast battleships outclassed all of these ships. But, they to where made completely obsolete by the rise of aviation. Do the names Taranto and Pearl Harbor ring a bell. Yamato, Haruna, Tirpitz, all sunk from the air.
zappasaurus 3 years ago
think of the time period we're talkin about u dirkhead. at this time time period (post-1914) Britain was the global superpower and by far the largest navy threat
92GH 3 years ago
? Post 1914 covers what we are talking about? Aircraft carrier were built and in service before the Bismarck (launched Feb 1939). And Again, the Iowa class fast battleships outclassed all of these, the Yamato (no radar, poor ballistic performance on her 18" projectiles), the Bismarck (less well armed and slower), the Hood (to poorly armored, as amply demonstrated by the Bismarck). Also, transonicbuoy1 hits it on the head.
zappasaurus 3 years ago
dont b jealous that Britain was the naval superpower until about 1945
92GH 3 years ago
92GH gotta love ya! There was no such thing as superpowers until 1945 and there were only two.
I am not jealous, Britain had (and has) a terrific navy with one of the most extended and honorable naval records in all history.
I guess the point is that the game was over for the battleship as the queen of the sea with the advent of the aircraft carrier.
Have a great day
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zappasaurus 3 years ago
OK, not superpower but up until 1945, Britain's navy was by far the largest dominating threat
92GH 3 years ago
Just take a look at the number of aircraft carriers built by US, just counting the main ones... if you go into the escort types, by the end of the war the count is almost crazy....
Royal Navy had a great history, and still made up during WW2, but this was not anymore the largest fleet that could be qualified as the largest threat.
The battleships were outdated at the break of WW2. It took something like two years to fully understand when Pearl Harber occured, then later on Midway.
latexlover888 3 years ago
no longer but from the 1500s to about 1940, Britain was the naval elite
92GH 3 years ago
That I can agree with
latexlover888 3 years ago
The Japanese Imperial Navy is the fastest modernization in the world. Japan ranked 2nd most powerful navy during WWII, 2nd from US. Germany Ranked 3rd, Britain ranked 4rth.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
modernisation yeh bcoz the japanese navy couldnt get worse!
the only way was to go forward from the swag wooden boats that Britain had about 300yrs ago. In WWI, wen Britain invented the Dreadnought - the largest and fastest battleship made of metal, Britain was the largest naval superpower. Germany was humiliated at the battles of Jutland, Heligoland bight and Dogger Bank that the german navy never went out to battle in the north sea with the British again
92GH 3 years ago
Germany NEVER outranked the Royal Navy. Britain had about a ten-to-one numerical superiority over the Kriegsmarine on 09-02-1939. And Nagumo's IJN carrier force was the best in the world by the time of Pearl Harbor. Germany might have been third from the bottom, but sure as hell not the top!
warshipworshiper 3 years ago
In WW2, Japan was 3 times the size of British Navy. So, to think that British was left behind is a serious threat to European Countries, even Germany was a little behind to Japanese supremacy in the ocean. Remember the warship Mirai of the Imperial Japanese Navy, it's advanced technology sunked US warships at night without detecting her movement. Mirai has no escorts, she is alone at sea waiting for victims.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
in WWII yeh, bcoz of the pacific empire the japs were creating. nowadays though, u might as well talk about the Mongolian navy bcoz the japs are not even close wen compared to USA, Britain, France, Germany and China even
92GH 3 years ago
British Navy could be crippled by the Japanese Imperial Navy if the allied forces failed to stop Japanese ambition to conquer the world, like Italy and Germany.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
British Royal Navy cannot compete the Japanese Imperial Navy
seanmartin23 3 years ago
In WWI, Britain had the largest and most modern navy in the world. nowadays, Britain has a better navy than japan.
the only time that japans navy was perhaps slightly better than britians was at the beginning of WWII. NO OTHER TIME
92GH 3 years ago
Nowadays, Japan stil a dominating threat to Europe Supremacy. Consider that Japanese Technology ranked 2nd from US.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
japans military nowadays is no match to the european superpowers i.e. Britain, France and Germany - and of course the USA.
92GH 3 years ago
Britain, France and Germany is weak if combined against Asian Superpowers, Like Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, and India. You wouldn't believe how china threatened US Satellites. China could destroy enemy positions on ground, water, and down to deepest sea in the world. If that will happened, US will lose the most, ships sunk beneath the ocean, and planes crash on the ground if US satellites still to be fragile against China's Super Dooper Lazer.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
u mean China, N Korea and S Korea v Germany, France, Britain and USA.
y are u including nations like india and japan - whose military nowadays is nonexistent!?
92GH 3 years ago
Of course, they are not. What I'm telling is, they could go to war if there is pressure from the their enemies. Like for instance, US is using Japanese Government as their puppet in their continuing effort to expand their military ambition over East Asia.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
acting as the puppet gvt bcoz the japanese military is very weak.
92GH 3 years ago
If US continue to intervene over Taiwan then China will enter war against the United States. And United States Armed Forces will lose the most because their satellites are fragile. Remember, Asian territories continue to expand in space. While that of the European Countries turned to be very weak. CHINA AND JAPAN is a dominating power in the world, I know, the Americans were alarmed with their continuing effort to negotiate peace agreement with China. And China could be just playing around.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
China is a dominating power. not japan
japan is like india, very conservative and peaceful and dont like to get involved. it was only WWII that the japs were agressive. nowadays, Japan is way 2 peaceful to do anything about war. they literally bumsuck other countries
92GH 3 years ago
Yes, they are too conservative. The Emperor of Japan remains neutral but time comes, we'll never know. Japan is always surprising.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
Japanese Navy stil better than British Navy. Look at the number of warships they have nowadays and to consider Japanese Industrial Power would be enough to say that the Japanese can surpass Europe's supremacy. Modern technology is now in Japan and the US is making them rich.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
In WWI (when britain had the largest naval force) and present times - Britain would rape Japan
its only in WWII when the japs navy surpassed the British. thats the only time period
92GH 3 years ago
NO, your wrong. Get an exact detail dude. British can no longer surpass Imperial Japanese Navy nowadays. You comparing British Navy, "small" to Japanese Navy, "Extra Large", it's like your talking without knowing the realty of British and Japanese world. Japan is had reached on top while Britain continue to left behind. Go to Japan, and see what you don't believe.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
thats ur problem. battleships hav become extinct. its only aircraft carriers and perhaps some missile cruisers that are necessary. i'm not talking about now. In WWI and up to WWII, Britain was the largest naval superpower.
anyway, even ur lies about the jap navy being the best nowadays is silly bcoz the British military would own the japs. u only need a typhoon to singlehandedly take out 5 battleships at the switch of 1 button
92GH 3 years ago
Your a certified manipulator. The Japanese will never allow that. I'm not talking to battleships nowadays. I'm talking to Japanese Modern Navy. British navy is too weak compare to that of Japan nowadays. Your talking too the highest level without knowing the reality. Maybe you can compare British Navy Gallery to Japanese Navy Gallery, there you see what you don't believe. The way you talk, wow, impossible. Incredibly trying to put the British Military at the utmost limit. How incredible.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
i know that nowadays the British is alot weaker than it was but it still is better than the jap navy. like u say, its only battleships in the jap navy. a single fighter jet can singlehandly take several out simulatenously.
aircraft carriers make up a navy nowadays
92GH 3 years ago
however, Japan's carrier fleet was numerically and qualitatively superior to the American and British fleets...that's according to the Americans...even the British Carriers had served successfully in the war,the Royal Navy found they could no longer build massive carriers,they always lost money in expense.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
And one thing, Japanese Aircraft Carriers is expanding while that of Britain remains the same. Although, British Navy had released their newest and most modern aircraft carrier.
seanmartin23 3 years ago
the British navy has just had 4 state of the art air defence destroyers built. The type 45
The Diamond, Dragon, Dauntless and Daring.
92GH 3 years ago
JSDF, this stands for Japanese Self Defense Force. Another one, JMSDF forever, JMSDF Fleet Review 観艦式2006(Rehearsal), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force...Japanese state of the art destroyers can be seen here, all of them are related videos but there are so much more...
seanmartin23 3 years ago
Damn, youre a Genius zappasaurus; of course HMS HOOD was out-dated but when its the only ship in opperational range then its the one you send. The BISMARCK was a brand-new battle-ship; the HOOD was a refiited, 20 years old ship - so of course the HOOD was out-classed but it had the armament to almost match the BISMARCK in a fire-fight. And, at the time, BISMACK and (once completed) TIRPITZ could have taken most ships on. Youre forgetting - these are German ships; designed to perfection.
StorkeyUK77 3 years ago
Storkey, do you have a point to make? Look at the thread. The point is that the finest battleships ever made for any navy were the Iowa's. The only arguable competitors are the Yamato and Musashi. They were slower and more critically did not have radar. As for the Hood and Bismarck, totally outclassed. They are the gold standard. That quality extends to aircraft carriers of that era as well (i.e., the Essex class). Comparing "tin cans"...? Irrelevant.
zappasaurus 3 years ago
HMS Hood and Bismark were not the queens of the sea. Yamato and Musashi battleship were the real queens of the sea since they where built to fear Europe's Navy, Russian Navy and US navy. Remember, Japan built the most awsome battleships in the world. In WWII, Japan has 14 battleships. Britain's pride is HMS Hood, and Germany's pride is Bismarck, they are so weak so how will you say that they are the queens of the sea? Where is Yamato and Musashi?
seanmartin23 3 years ago
Hood and Bismarck were the queens of the sea. they were the flagships of the British and German navies
92GH 3 years ago
Yamato and Musashi were never built to strike fear into other navies. Haven't you ever seen "Dr. Strangelove"? Nobody knew much about Yamato/Musashi, because they kept them a closely guarded secret. If they wanted to instill fear, they would have made damn sure those other navies knew about them and very early in their existence. Look how much fear Saddam Hussein caused with his so-called "Republican Guard" before Desert Storm. THAT lasted about what...two days?
warshipworshiper 3 years ago
It's like saying mirror mirror on the wall who's the most powerful of them all? Are they not the Japanese 14 Battleships? hehehe...
seanmartin23 3 years ago
Take it easy, you English-speaking chaps. There should be no cheap arguing here; respect to all navies, and the dead.
transonicbuoy1 3 years ago
Bismarck was a true legend of the seas.
debunker1905 3 years ago 2
excellent clip - thanks for posting
alankendrick 3 years ago
the pride of the British royal navy
92GH 4 years ago
I never knew there was actual video footage of HMS Hood exploding. Amazing footage! After so many years, I thought I'd seen all the footage ever recorded from WWII, I guess not.
wengy78 4 years ago
The exploding ship you see in this video is NOT the Hood going up. It's a stand-in chunk of generic footage, just like most war films use. If it moves, shoots, or blows up they throw it in the mix.
warshipworshiper 3 years ago
Reminds me of a song. (Sung to the tune of "Sink The Bismark"
In nineteen hundred and forty two or was it forty three?
We sailed with Captain Tuna, the Chicken of the Sea.
We didn't sink the Bismark, it's very plain to say,
'Cause when we saw the German ships, we sailed the other way!
Wonkawillie77 4 years ago
And yes, *Admiral* (not Captain) Tom Phillips was a fucking fool. All navies have their morons, including the RN. Luckily there were also the likes of Cunningham, Vian, Tovey, Sommerville, etc. to even things out.
beastatlay 4 years ago
Good post!
Had not seen this before.
Thanks!
paddymac8 4 years ago
This film must have been made in the 1950s? The surviving crew member looked to be in his 30s. A lot of things led to the lost of the Hood, but its history must be taken in context. What did the captains know and when, what were their orders, what was the weather, all these factors played a part.
Bullettube 4 years ago
in the battle the hood led a head on charge so that the bismark would have a smaller target to fire at and that the shells would hit the side of the ship where it had better armor it was hit when it was about to turn and bring all it's guns to bear but sadly one shell went through the back end of her where she was armoured the least and sunk
Amollion 4 years ago
HMS Hood...what a beautiful ship. My uncle was on the Rodney, which could have beautiful too and more than a mmtch for Bismark, or any other battleship, but because of the London Naval Treaty she was "cut off" and ugly as sin..ah well
stormbringerII 4 years ago
rodney never was a match for the bismarck, the main advantage was bismarck speed, rodney could only make 23 knots and bismarck almost 30
salamander163 4 years ago
rodney vs bismarck 1 on 1 rodney would win or bismarck would be a true KM ship and run away
mrtin2811 4 years ago
the only reason that rodney beat up bismack it was that bismarck was disable, but i beat that one on one bismarck would beat up rodney, faster, better optical range finders and better training, and the krigesmarine never run, take for example the scharnhorst, it confronted a superior force and never give up
salamander163 4 years ago
wrong wrong and wrong tirpitz spent the war hiding in a norwegian fjord RN were superior in tactics shipbuilding bismarck's rudder was disabled its was firing but got raped by KGV and rodney
mrtin2811 4 years ago 3
it took rodney 17 salvos to stradle bismarck, bismarck only 5 to do that agains the hood, her crew was very green, even her own guns made some damages on board
salamander163 4 years ago
no they didnt they thought a full broadside would damage the superstructure it didnt nelson fired 3-4 successfully, KGV and rodney were skimming low angle shells to butcher the bismarcks crew ...a slow death
mrtin2811 4 years ago
rodney fired 375 round and only landed 40 and only 3 of them penetrated the main belt, and the blast effect DID some damage and after this engagement was ordered to boston ma, usa for repairs
salamander163 4 years ago
scharnhorst was chased by the duke of york which scored a devestating hit on the boiler room, RN ships were superior DEAL WITH IT
mrtin2811 4 years ago 2
rodney hit the bridge of bismarck killing the officers, slicing the throat of the beast
mrtin2811 4 years ago