At least 1,415 men died when Hood sank in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941. This was the Royal Navy's greatest loss on a single ship of the Second World War. When the Bismarck was sunk 9 days ...
HMS Hood was revered as the most powerful warship ... Rear Admiral Wilcocks said the sinking was a tragedy, leading to one of the largest losses of life for the Royal Navy. It was the equivalent ...
What You Need to Know: In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of ...
Germany's Bismarck gained notoriety for sinking the HMS Hood before being sunk itself. The USS Washington achieved the only one-on-one battleship kill during WWII. -Lastly, Japan's Yamato ...