HMS Hood

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Ship	HMS Hood


Operated By Country	Great Britain
Unit Type	Ship
Depicted In Image
Ship Class	HMS Hood
Ship Type	Battleship
Ship Attribute	Famous \| Retained By 1922 Treaty
Sunk In Activity	1941 05 24 0800 Surface Action Bismarck And Hood Iceland Europe
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Postings	0

Units
	Operated By Country
	Great Britain

Ships
	Built By Shipbuilder	Laid Down YMD	Launch YMD	Commissioned YMD	Final YMD	On Slip	Fitting Out	Total Building	Life Year
	John Brown At Clydebank	1916_Sep_01	1918_Aug_22	1920_Mar_05	1941_May_24	720day	561day	1 281day	21.22yr

Ships
	Retained By Limitation
	1922 Washington, Capital Ship - Great Britain

Sensors
1) Fitted With Sensor	2) 1: as	3) 2: Fitted	4) 2: Number Fitted	5) 1: Primary Image	6) 1:Radar Type
BR, Director, HA Rangefinder 15ft	N	1926_Jan_01	1
BR, Director, HACS Mark 1	N	1931_May_01	1
BR, Director, Mark ??	N	1937_Dec_01
BR, Director, HACS Mark III	N	1939_Jul_01	2
BR, Radar, Type 284	N	1941_Mar_01			Surface Fire Control

Activities
1) Involved In Activity	2) 1: as	3) 2:Engagement Result	4) 2: Command Unit Involvement	5) 4:Unit	6) 5:Ship Class	7) 6:Ship Type	8) 5: Closest Available Image	9) 1: Details
1941 05 24 0800 Surface Action Bismarck And Hood Iceland Europe	N	Sunk	HMS Norfolk	HMS Norfolk	HMS Norfolk	Cruiser
			HMS Suffolk	HMS Suffolk	HMS Kent	Cruiser
			HMS Prince Of Wales	HMS Prince Of Wales	HMS King George V	Battleship
1940 07 03 0100 Surface Action Battle Of Mers El Kebir, Algeria	N							Email Contribution: My grand father Louis Collinet was not the Captain of the Dunkerque in battle of Mers el Kebir (1940 07 03), but Captain of the Strasbourg. The Strasbourg was the only ship, which escaped to Toulon harbor. The grand Mother of Louis Collinet was english and he had british education. When the English naval forces came on the morning of 1940 07 03, he discretly prepared the machine of the ship and gave the order to cut the main anchor chains of Strasbourg and to fix small cable to prepare the escape. When the ship gone away my grand father refused to make fire on the Hood besause he considered that English navy was still 'allies' ! Email Contribution: From: Jean Marie Piquet Subject: French cruiser Strasbourg in the battle of Mers-El Kebir The story told by the grandson of the Strasbourg's commandant was reported to me differently by the then officer in charge of Gun-control of the battleship that day, while she was cruising at full speed towards Toulon, hunted by a force of destroyers and the HOOD.: This officer reported to the commandant that due to sunset, the British ships would be in unfavourable conditions to signt the ship and that an opportunity existed to steer 90 degrees unseen and hit the HOOD by the flank, over the heads of the destroyers. Answer from the commandant was "There has been enough casualties for today!" Years later, after retirements, they both met for a dinner in my father's home and he confessed that he was one of the few French officers to know that British battleships were equipped with the first generation of radars which allowed them to track enemy units even in the dark. He thus could not explain his decision to forge ahead instead of taking a brave but foolish stand.

Assignments
1) Covered By Assignment	2) 1: Assign To Unit	3) 2: Covered By Assignment	4) 3: Assign To Unit
1939-Dec-01 - RN Battlecruiser Squadron	RN Battlecruiser Squadron	1939_Dec_01 - RN Home Fleet	RN Home Fleet

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