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In 2012, the British government gave permission for Mearns to return to the site of Hood ' s final resting place to retrieve one of her two ship's bells which were lying in a small open debris field some way from the wreck herself. With the backing of the HMS Hood Association, Mearns planned to return the bell to Portsmouth where it would form ...
On 4 November 1914 Hood was scuttled in Portland harbour to block the Southern Ship Channel, a potential access route for U-boats or for torpedoes fired from outside the harbour. Her wreck became known as "Old Hole in the Wall". Despite her 1914 scuttling, the Royal Navy included Hood on its sale list in both 1916 and 1917. [19]
An extended television documentary entitled The Hunt for the Hood was produced from the expedition. [3] In 2012 Mearns led an expedition, filmed for a British television documentary entitled How the Bismarck Sank HMS Hood, to re-visit the wreck of HMS Hood to facilitate study of the technical aspects of the warship's destruction. [4]
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Briggs regularly told his story as a guest-speaker, lecturer, and subject of historical television and radio documentaries. In July 2001, Briggs visited the wreck site and released a plaque which commemorates the lost crew of the Hood. [9] He was co-author of a book on the subject, titled Flagship "Hood": The Fate of Britain's Mightiest Warship ...
After sinking HMS Hood, Bismarck was pursued for two days by British ships and aircraft, and was eventually sunk by HMS Rodney, HMS King George V, HMS Norfolk, and HMS Dorsetshire 48°10′N 16°12′W / 48.167°N 16.200°W / 48.167; -16.200 ( German battleship
The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914. ... A group of divers working off the coast of Scotland found the wreck of what's believed to be a World War I ship that sank with ...
Residents of New England and those with British ties are once again in a scuffle. This time, the debate continues over whether a shipwreck found off the coast of Rhode Island is really the HMS ...