![HMS Hood: Devastating sinking of British flagship by German battleship Bismark and a heroic act of defiance should not be forgotten – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP | Edinburgh News HMS Hood: Devastating sinking of British flagship by German battleship Bismark and a heroic act of defiance should not be forgotten – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP | Edinburgh News](https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjM0N2E0YjZkLWYxOTYtNDkwNC1iZWEzLWFlNGY3NWYyZGRmMzo2MGU1NmY5Mi05MjJlLTQ3MjQtYmI3YS0wOGIwZjYxMDg1YzA=.jpg?width=1200&enable=upscale)
HMS Hood: Devastating sinking of British flagship by German battleship Bismark and a heroic act of defiance should not be forgotten – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP | Edinburgh News
Artwork by Dale Byhre - 'The Final Moments of the Hood' On the 24th of May 1941, the famed Royal Navy battle cruiser HMS Hood, along with the brand new battleship HMS
![Warships IFR on Twitter: "RT @IBallantyn: Loss of battlecruiser HMS Hood still reverberates - a hammer blow, with 1,415 out of 1,418 in her ship's company killed. To…" / Twitter Warships IFR on Twitter: "RT @IBallantyn: Loss of battlecruiser HMS Hood still reverberates - a hammer blow, with 1,415 out of 1,418 in her ship's company killed. To…" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FTgWq1oWAAASUpd.jpg)
Warships IFR on Twitter: "RT @IBallantyn: Loss of battlecruiser HMS Hood still reverberates - a hammer blow, with 1,415 out of 1,418 in her ship's company killed. To…" / Twitter
The sinking of HMS Hood sparked Churchill's lust for revenge as empire hunted the Bismarck | Daily Telegraph
![H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood - The History of H.M.S. Hood: Part 1 of The Pursuit of Bismarck and Sinking of Hood (Battle of the Denmark Strait) H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood - The History of H.M.S. Hood: Part 1 of The Pursuit of Bismarck and Sinking of Hood (Battle of the Denmark Strait)](http://www.hmshood.org.uk/history/voyagemaps/finalmission.jpg)
H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood - The History of H.M.S. Hood: Part 1 of The Pursuit of Bismarck and Sinking of Hood (Battle of the Denmark Strait)
![The sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. In response to sinking the HMS Hood, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10283944 | agefotostock The sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. In response to sinking the HMS Hood, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10283944 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/0b0a3fb822133dd01d9cae6b96af77a7/mev-10283944.jpg)
The sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. In response to sinking the HMS Hood, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MEV-10283944 | agefotostock
![To this day, the cause of the sinking of the HMS Hood during the hunt for the Bismarck is still disputed. - Warfare History Network To this day, the cause of the sinking of the HMS Hood during the hunt for the Bismarck is still disputed. - Warfare History Network](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/WQ-Hood-LEAD-Sum14-1.jpg)