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Freeborn, Frederick C, Warrant Supply Officer, RN Mendham, Frederick G, Boy 1st Class, RN Foster, Colin E, Ordinary Seaman, RN Bullock, Edward H, Able Seaman, RN Anderson, John, Chief Engine Room Artificer, RN Cleton, Peter V, Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RN “None of these families have met before.”. Following the loss of three British battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland, 5,000 tons of extra armour and bracing were added to Hood's design. "[73] The first formal board of enquiry into the loss, presided over by Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, reported on 2 June, less than a fortnight after the loss. Locklin, James, Able Seaman, RN Markey, Harold E, Joiner 2nd Class, RN Clarke, David W, Ordinary Seaman, RN Knight, Roy F, Midshipman, RNR Dunn, Stephen E, Able Seaman, RN 'It was all before the war, he couldn't have made it through the war because he would have been thrown in the irons I should have thought, for treason. Bembridge, Percy A, Ordinary Seaman, RN Adams, Victor E, Ordinary Seaman, RN Turner, George F, Stoker 1st Class, RN Trollope, Clifton W, Stoker 2nd Class, RN The main deck was 3 inches (76 mm) thick over the magazines and 1 inch (25 mm) elsewhere, except for the 2-inch-thick slope that met the bottom of the main belt. Kersley, Albert S, Marine, RM Butler, Horace A, Able Seaman, RN Lane, Cyril F, Shipwright 2nd Class, RN Stocker, Norman G L, Boy 1st Class, RN Russell, John A G, Petty Officer, RN It is held by a private collector and stamped HMS HOOD v HMS RENOWN 23 1 35. Arnold, William A, Stoker Petty Officer, RN Bramhall, Harold, Joiner 4th Class, RNSR Banks, George H, Stoker 1st Class, RN Taylor, Henry C, Stoker 1st Class, RN Phillips, Ronald G, Paymaster Lieutenant (S), RN Young, John O, Signalman, RN However, the additional armour was never fitted pending further trials. Daniels, Charles G, Stoker 1st Class, RN Switzer, Albert, Ordinary Seaman, RN Harkess, Robert W, Stoker 1st Class, RN Robarts, Frederick J, Ordinary Telegraphist, RN See "Goulstine, Leonard" Porter, Frederick A, Marine, RM Moat, Norman, Ordinary Seaman, RN Coulthurst, Francis B, Stoker 2nd Class, RN Murrell, George P, Shipwright 4th Class, RN On Wednesday last we had the conference, the captain came down from camp for it, and we discussed all the items of the admiralty over here and we got that fixed up and he went back the same night. I was being rocked to sleep. Garroway, Robert L, Steward, RN Sinnott, Frederick W, Able Seaman, RN Pares, Anthony, Lieutenant-Commander, RN Whitfield, Victor V, Petty Officer, RN Rootham, Peter, Ordinary Seaman, RN [41] To add to the confusion, Royal Navy documents of the period often describe any battleship with a maximum speed over 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) as a battlecruiser, regardless of the amount of protective armour. Ridge, Merlin F, Writer, RN Brownrigg, John G P, Lieutenant-Commander, RN Harvey, Eric O, Stoker 2nd Class, RN O'Neil, Owen, Ordinary Seaman, RN Haughton, Cyril, Warrant Engineer, RN Davies, Frederick M, Able Seaman, RN Wheeler, Francis W, Able Seaman, RN Jones, Harold H, Able Seaman, RN 'I had to ask my grandmother about them and she said they were recordings that Terry had made before the war. Rowsell, Leslie D, Boy 1st Class, RN Chivers, William A, Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class, RN Perry, William H, Petty Officer Cook (O), RN Donald, James H, Boy 1st Class, RN [44] In addition, she was grossly overweight compared to her original design, making her a wet ship with a highly stressed structure. Routledge, Walter, Boy 1st Class, RN Bowie, Duncan, Able Seaman, RNVR Farrar, Clifton, Marine, RM Willis, Albert T, Stoker 1st Class, RN Dobson, Charles W, Able Seaman, RN Commissioned in 1920, she was named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood. [98], In 2002, the site was officially designated a war grave by the British government. The single guns were removed in mid-1939 and a further three twin Mark XIX mounts were added in early 1940. Matthews, William D, Able Seaman, RN McCaw, Robert W, Ordinary Seaman, RN The stern section rises from the seabed at an angle. Currie, George, Stoker 1st Class, RN Eyres, Thomas W W, Able Seaman, RN Griffin, Charles A, Marine, RM Ingram, John W, Able Seaman, RN [35] During her 1929–31 refit, the platform was removed from 'X' turret and a trainable, folding catapult was installed on her quarterdeck, along with a crane to recover a seaplane. Darby, Leonard, Ordinary Seaman, RN Scott, William P, Stoker 2nd Class, RN Barclay, Alexander C, Leading Cook (S), RN [32], The 3-inch plating on the main deck was added at a very late stage of construction and the four aftermost 5.5-inch guns and their ammunition hoists were removed in partial compensation. Gardner, James D, Petty Officer Telegraphist, RN He said a body fell in front of him on board the vessel and that he was asked to identify it. Williams, Frederick P, Ordinary Seaman, RN Fotheringham, George, Marine, RM [53], While en route to Gibraltar for a Mediterranean cruise, Hood was rammed in the port side quarterdeck by the battlecruiser Renown on 23 January 1935. Roberts, Reginald C, Ordinary Seaman, RN Hulme, Arthur, Wireman, RN Morgan, Albert H, Marine, RM Captain Harold Reinold relieved Captain im Thurn on 30 April 1925 and was relieved in turn by Captain Wilfred French on 21 May 1927. Thomas, Francis J, Able Seaman, RN Carr, John, Stoker 2nd Class, RN [46], With her conspicuous twin funnels and lean profile, Hood was widely regarded one of the finest-looking warships ever built. Puttock, Maurice J E, Signalman, RNVR The wreck is protected as a war grave but, after receiving permission from the British government and the Admiralty, Paul Allen's August 2015 expedition recovered the bell — the ship's proudest symbol, used to mark time on board and regulate the crew's turns of duty. [91], After footage of Bismarck was collected, Mearns and the search team began scanning a 600-square-nautical-mile (2,100 km2) search box for Hood; completely covering the area was estimated to take six days. Gale, Ronald M, Stoker 1st Class, RN Thomas, Harold J, Able Seaman, RN Monument, Harry, Joiner 4th Class, RN Pulling, Edward, Stoker Petty Officer, RN Choules, Sydney J, Chief Petty Officer, RN 'I got back from camp on Tuesday last and I wrote a letter to you just before to catch the mail and so this is the next mail, which I'm sending the record, which is a week after. Newey, Cedric B N, Lieutenant, RNVR Green, John H, Ordinary Signalman, RN Wrighting, Douglas H W, Stoker 2nd Class, RN Kendall, Albert J, Able Seaman, RN Sheppard, Leonard F G, Petty Officer, RN Hood Crew Information- [17] When they detonated, the rockets shot out lengths of cable that were kept aloft by parachutes; the cable was intended to snag aircraft and draw up the small aerial mine that would destroy the aircraft. Pae, James, Able Seaman, RN Taggart, Robert, Assistant Cook (S), RN Phillips, George T E, Ordinary Seaman, RN McLean, Alexander, Leading Stoker, RN Hiscock, Frederick J, Marine, RM To make room in John Brown's shipyard for merchant construction, Hood sailed for Rosyth to complete her fitting-out on 9 January 1920. Yarrow, Peter M, Ordinary Seaman, RN Ovenden, Jack, Canteen Assistant, NAAFI Stanley, Leonard, Able Seaman, RN Cox, Leslie L, Ordinary Coder, RN Radley, Kenneth, Stoker 1st Class, RN L'Enfant, Bertram H, Leading Stoker, RN Twigg, Charles J, Stoker 1st Class, RN H.M.S. Ayling, Ronald, Able Seaman, RN McLaren, John B, Midshipman, RNR Flint, Sydney G, Able Seaman, RN Jones, Frederick R, Able Seaman, RN Keenan, Robert J, Stoker 2nd Class, RN The water was a peaceful cradle. Corlett, John, Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, RN Green, Benjamin L, Marine, RM Doak, Walter W, Petty Officer, RN While Type 279 used two aerials, a transmitter and a receiver, the Type 279M used only a single transceiver aerial. In 1934, the "pom-pom" directors were moved to the former locations of the 5.5-inch control positions on the spotting top and the 9-foot (2.7 m) rangefinders for the 5.5-inch control positions were reinstalled on the signal platform. No hits were scored, but the submarine crash-dived. Britton, Clarence V, Marine, RM Moore, Edward A P, Stoker 2nd Class, RN Collis, Gordon V, Boy 1st Class, RN Edwards, Robert, Stoker 2nd Class, RN Hall, Neville T, Signalman, RNV(W)R Altham, Arthur, Stoker 2nd Class, RN Eldred, Eric C, Stoker 1st Class, RN Worboys, Robert M, Stoker 1st Class, RN 'My best love to you all, God bless you, goodbye darling.'. One of these hits contaminated a good portion of the ship's fuel supply and subsequently caused her to steer for safety in occupied France where she could be repaired. Heptonstall, George A, Able Seaman, RN It remains possible that a door or trunk could have been opened up by an enemy shell, admitting flames to the magazine. Bispham, Leslie W, Ordinary Seaman, RN Hunt, William N, Ordnance Artificer 1st Class, RN Gledhill, James E, Corporal, RM Relatives of men lost in the sinking of the HMS Hood have visited the Frigate Unicorn in Dundee to honour their memory. Snook, George A, Marine, RM [99], 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. Hendry, William, Marine, RM Leach, Harold G, Mechanician 1st Class, RN The men lost in the sinking are not the only ones who died whilst serving in Hood: It is known that nearly 40 men, possibly more, died whilst building or assigned to Hood between 1916 and her loss in May 1941. Chowney, William H, Chief Petty Officer, RN Scott, Jack, Ordinary Seaman, RN Boneham, Norman, Marine, RM [18], Two quadruple mountings for the Vickers 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) Mk III machine gun were added in 1933 with two more mountings added in 1937. Cooper, John, Marine, RM Smith, William G, Able Seaman, RN Swain, James F, Leading Writer, RN Lewis, Thomas, Able Seaman, RN Against surface targets, it had a range of 19,850 yards (18,150 m) and a maximum ceiling of 39,000 ft (12,000 m), but an effective anti-aircraft range of much less. Turner, George H F, Stoker 1st Class, RN Collings, John P, Midshipman (S), RN Honeybun, Richard J, Chief Stoker, RN It was more thorough than the first board and concurred with the first board's conclusion. Hood, 24th May 1941 Updated 19-Mar-2020. Munday, Harold J, Wireman, RN Neville, William A, Petty Officer, RN Iago, John M, Electrical Lieutenant, RNVR Snow, David J, Boy 1st Class, RN 2616 The Protection of Military Remains Act of 1986 (Designation of Vessels and Controlled Sites) Order 2006", "HMS Hood's bell unveiled at Navy museum Portsmouth", "Conserved HMS Hood bell rings out on 75th anniversary of largest ever Royal Navy loss", "Photos of the Wreck of H.M.S.

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