Events for Monday 24th May 2021
On This Day in History
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HMS Hood is sunk
24th May 1941German battleship Bismarck sinks the feared HMS Hood off Greenland with the loss of more than 1,400 lives. The ship explodes when a German shell hits the Hood's ammunition store.
Further Reading
The Battlecruiser HMS Hood(Hardback - 272 pages)
by Bruce Taylor
The battlecruiser HMS Hood is one of the great warships of history. Unmatched for beauty and charisma, unequalled for size, for 20 years the she was the glory ship of the Royal Navy, flying the flag across the world in the twilight years of the British Empire. Here, in words,… Read more...
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