On Saturday 24th May 1941, the British ships HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales engaged the German ships KM Bismark and KM Prinz Eugen in the Denmark Straits between Iceland and Greenland.

During this engagement the HMS Hood was destroyed with a large loss of life, out of 1, 419 men only three were rescued.

This year (2001) commemorates the 60th Anniversary, of the loss of HMS Hood and her crew, more information and photographs of the crew, are being sort by the HMS Hood Association, who can be contacted via the link below.

To learn more about the HMS Hood and the crew who served on board, please follow this link to the HMS Hood Association web site.

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