HMS Hood
Posted: 11 Aug 2015, 05:55HMS Hood's bell recovered from seabed
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33853847
She was the pride of the British navy in World War Two. But when HMS Hood was sunk by the SS Bismarck in May 1941 it was the largest allied loss of life at sea during the war. Now the ship's bell has been rescued from the wreckage in the north Atlantic in time to mark the 75th anniversary of the ship's loss.
The bell will be donated to Portsmouth naval Museum.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015 ... marck-1941
A team led by the Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, retrieved the bell from the HMS Hood, once the largest warship in the world and the Royal Navy’s flagship. It was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark strait between Greenland and Iceland in 1941. All but three of the Hood’s 1,418-strong crew perished.
A first attempt in 2012 to recover the bell from the wreck – lying at a depth of 2,800m – failed because of poor weather conditions and technical difficulties. The Royal Navy and Allen’s website said that a second attempt, using a remotely operated vehicle and working with the shipwreck search company Blue Water Recoveries, succeeded on Friday.
The battleship HMS Hood in 1930 during a dockyard refit.
The Hood was the largest ship the Royal Navy ever lost in action. Admiral George Zambellas, Britain’s first sea lord, called the Hood a magnificent symbol of the power of the Royal Navy and said her loss was a reminder of the high price Britain paid for freedom.
“Her story, her sacrifice, continues to inspire the Royal Navy today,” he said in a statement. “The recovery of the ship’s bell will help ensure that the 1,415 men lost, and the name Hood, will always be remembered by a grateful nation.”
The bell was said to be in good condition, although will require a month’s long conservation process. It is expected to be displayed in the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth as a memorial to the Hood and its men.
...They tried to recover the bell some years ago when Ted Briggs, one of the only three survivors of the sinking was still alive.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33853847
She was the pride of the British navy in World War Two. But when HMS Hood was sunk by the SS Bismarck in May 1941 it was the largest allied loss of life at sea during the war. Now the ship's bell has been rescued from the wreckage in the north Atlantic in time to mark the 75th anniversary of the ship's loss.
The bell will be donated to Portsmouth naval Museum.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015 ... marck-1941
A team led by the Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, retrieved the bell from the HMS Hood, once the largest warship in the world and the Royal Navy’s flagship. It was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark strait between Greenland and Iceland in 1941. All but three of the Hood’s 1,418-strong crew perished.
A first attempt in 2012 to recover the bell from the wreck – lying at a depth of 2,800m – failed because of poor weather conditions and technical difficulties. The Royal Navy and Allen’s website said that a second attempt, using a remotely operated vehicle and working with the shipwreck search company Blue Water Recoveries, succeeded on Friday.
The battleship HMS Hood in 1930 during a dockyard refit.
The Hood was the largest ship the Royal Navy ever lost in action. Admiral George Zambellas, Britain’s first sea lord, called the Hood a magnificent symbol of the power of the Royal Navy and said her loss was a reminder of the high price Britain paid for freedom.
“Her story, her sacrifice, continues to inspire the Royal Navy today,” he said in a statement. “The recovery of the ship’s bell will help ensure that the 1,415 men lost, and the name Hood, will always be remembered by a grateful nation.”
The bell was said to be in good condition, although will require a month’s long conservation process. It is expected to be displayed in the National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth as a memorial to the Hood and its men.
...They tried to recover the bell some years ago when Ted Briggs, one of the only three survivors of the sinking was still alive.