On this day 24th May 1941 the German battleship Bismark sank HMS Hood off Greenland with the loss of all but three of her crew (more than 1400 perished) lest we forget HMS Hood - Wikipedia Graham.
I understand she went down in just three minutes giving her crew no chance of escape, and It was the Royal Navy's worst loss of life from a single incident throughout WW2. Sinking of WW2 ship commemorated Reliving the horror of the loss of HMS Hood Graham.
Hello, My distant cousin, Francis Doolan, perished on the HMS Hood. The story is that he missed one ship having spent time with my dad and granddad at their family home, he was too late to get onboard his allocated ship, so he had to board HMS Hood instead. H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - H.M.S. Hood Roll of Honour, Memorial to Stoker 2nd Class Francis Doolan
Hi Anthony, welcome to the forum. Do feel free to post any photo's, records, of your relative here.Lots of info, ref RN, on here using the search facility / links etc. One of my uncles served throughout WW2 in the RN, glad to say he survived the war, he was a signalman. regards..........Graham.
Remembered St Marys Old Hemel Herts ABLE SEAMAN-JOHN AMBROSE Service Number: P/J 94783 Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Navy H.M.S. Hood Date of Death Died 24 May 1941 Age 38 years old Buried or commemorated at PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 47, Column 1. United Kingdom Country of Service United Kingdom Additional Info Son of John and Eliza Ambrose, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
