Trumpeter 05740 HMS HOOD 1941 小號手  [TP05740]

HMS HOOD 1931 Length general: 262.3m Beam: 32.0m Displacement: 42560t The third and last HOOD was the mighty battle cruiser, which was laid straight down in 1915 as a class of four, last but not least finished until 1920. Truly she had been the most effective warship of the woman time and the woman displacement of 41,200 tons made by far the heaviest capital ship in the world for two decades. In September 1940, Hood spent winter months of 1940-41 on patrols into the northern waters around Iceland watching over any tried break out by German hefty units. She was thus nevertheless employed in might 1941 whenever Bismarck and Prince Eugen got through the Patrols. Hood therefore the unique battleship the Prince of Wales had been sent to intercept and destroy the German Ships before they broke loose regarding the Uk Convoy paths. 24 might 1941, fire ended up being exposed at 05.52 at a range of 25,000 yards and Hood and the Prince of Wales were steering towards Bismarck to close the number. The German ship at once responded extremely accurately as well as on her third salvo she hit Hood close to the main mast establishing the lady on fire. At 05.55 the Uk vessels begun to turn broadside to the Germans allow all firearms to start fire. While they did so Bismarck fifth salvo hit Hood with devastating effect. A lot of foot high explosion tore her apart and she split in two sinking in under two moments. There were just three survivors from her team of 1,415.

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