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List of ships called HMS Hood information


Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hood after several members of the Hood family, who were notable naval officers:

  • HMS Hood (1859), a 91-gun second-rate ship of the line, originally laid down as HMS Edgar, but renamed in 1848 and launched in 1859. She was used for harbour service from 1872 and was sold in 1888.
  • HMS Hood (1891), a modified Royal Sovereign-class battleship launched in 1891 and sunk as a blockship in 1914
  • HMS Hood, an Admiral-class battlecruiser launched in 1918 and sunk in 1941 by the Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait

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List of ships called HMS Hood

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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hood after several members of the Hood family, who were notable naval officers: HMS Hood (1859), a 91-gun...

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Hood

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the mountain Mount Hood Parkdale, Oregon, the name of the post office that serves Mount Hood, Oregon List of ships called HMS Hood Hood Steamer, an early...

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List of classes of British ships of World War II

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battleship Renown-class battlecruiser HMS Hood Heavy cruisers were defined by international agreement pre-war for the purposes of arms limitation as those with...

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Battle of the Denmark Strait

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Navy and the Kriegsmarine. The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Hood fought the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy...

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Blockship

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navy defending the waterway to prevent the ingress of attacking enemy forces, as in the case of HMS Hood at Portland Harbour in 1914; or it may be brought...

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HMS Victory

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HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...

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HMS Belfast

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HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...

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List of maritime disasters in World War II

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Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park. Retrieved 10 November 2012. "Remembering HMS Hood, the mighty warship launched in Clydebank". BBC News. British Broadcasting...

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HMHS Britannic

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other ships in the area, among them HMS Scourge and HMS Heroic, but Britannic heard nothing in reply. Unknown to either Bartlett or the ship's wireless...

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Cruise of the Special Service Squadron

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battlecruisers HMS Hood, HMS Repulse and the Special Service Squadron sailed around the world on The Empire Cruise, making many ports of call in the countries...

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William Cornwallis

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third-rate HMS Thunderer. In July 1761, Cornwallis was with Thunderer and two other line-of-battle ships blockading Cadiz. Two French ships escaped the...

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Diamond Rock

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under the command of Lieutenant James Wilkes Maurice, Hood's first lieutenant. Hood officially commissioned the island as the "sloop" HMS Diamond Rock (a...

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Glorious First of June

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in HMS Suffolk and commanding six other ships, was to escort the convoys for the rest of their passage. The third force consisted of 26 ships of the...

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Stone frigate

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other support facilities in hulks—old wooden ships of the line—moored in ports as receiving ships, depot ships, or floating barracks. The Admiralty regarded...

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List of Gulf War military equipment

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(HMS Cardiff, HMS Exeter, HMS Manchester, HMS Gloucester, HMS York) Support ships Hecla class (HMS Herald, HMS Hecla) Submarines Oberon class (HMS Opossum...

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Mutiny on the Bounty

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HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher Christian, seized control of the...

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