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| | H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: History of H.M.S. Hood - Decision in the Denmark Strait: VADM Holland- ... |
 | | He argued that earlier use of radio would have assisted the concentration of the cruisers and destroyers, and that earlier activation of the radars might have helped the British gunnery in the first few critical minutes of the engagement. |
 | | Holland, flying his flag in the cruiser Edinburgh, with Birmingham, Manchester and the destroyers Somali, Eskimo and Bedouin, was selected for the mission, and concentrated his force north of the Faeroes on the morning of the 6th of May, before heading for the München’s patrol station in German naval grid square AE 39. |
 | | His escape to the south was blocked, he was matched for speed on a run to the west, the ice lay to the north and the cruisers and destroyers covered a retreat through the Strait. |
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