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	HMS Hood
		The first HMS Hood, 80 was an Edgar class warship commissioned in 1859.
		The second HMS Hood was a Royal Sovereign class battleship built at Chatham, England and commisioned in 1891.
		She was given a refit in 1930 and was due to be scrapped in 1941.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMS_Hood.html (647 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (G-O)
		HMS Captain was a British turret ironclad of 6950 tons displacement built in 1869 and lost in 1870 when it capsized off Finisterre.
		Like HMS Courageous, HMS Glorious was completed in 1917 as a fast cruiser for use in the Great War in the Baltic, but by the 1920s with Britain wanting to increase her aircraft carrier strength she was converted to an aircraft carrier, as was HMS Courageous.
		HMS Wasp was a British steam gunboat, which was lost in September 1887 while on a passage from Singapore to Hong-Kong.
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		In 1860 she was renamed to honor Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood.
		HMS Hood (1891) - Modified Royal Sovereign class battleship built at Chatham, England, and sunk as a blockship in 1914.
		She was sunk in 1941 by the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, only three crew members out of 1418 surviving.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=HMS_Hood (185 words)

	HMS Hood - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Hood, launched in 1859 as Edgar, was a second-rate ship of the line of 91 guns.
		The second Hood, launched in 1891, was a modified Royal Sovereign-class battleship built at Chatham, England, launched in 1891 and sunk as a blockship in 1914.
		The last Hood, launched in 1918, was a battlecruiser named after Admiral Samuel Hood.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Hood (284 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > HMS Hood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There have been three HMS Hoods, named after members of the Hood family.
		Constructed of wood and sail-powered, she later had a steam engine fitted.
		The ship was named after 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley (First Lord Hood).
	encyclopedia.kids.net.au /page/hm/HMS_Hood (672 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - Biography of Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, ...
		It was a move that was to shape the rest of his career and have a far-reaching influence on gunnery throughout the Navy.
		April of 1922 saw Dreyer in command of H.M.S. Repulse during which he had his first close association with H.M.S. Hood which was also part of the Battle Cruiser Squadron.
		At that time Hood was under the command of Geoffrey Mackworth and the Squadron flew the Flag of Sir Walter Cowan.
	www.hmshood.com /crew/biography/dreyer_bio.htm (1336 words)

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		HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay 3rd November 1864.
		Night of 15th February he was involved in a fight with Robert Dewhurst (sailor from HMS Britannia).
		He was a Lieutenant (HMS Active) at the destruction of a Turkish squadron in the Dardanelles in 1807; served on HMS Spartan, in boat actions in the Adriatic, and at the reduction of Zante and neighbouring islands.
	www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist2.htm (3965 words)

	HMS Hood Encyclopedia Article @ Hostilities.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In real life, the Prinz Eugens deadly guns could lob large shells 25 miles, and alongside the Bismarck it started the battle with the ill-fated HMS Hood.
		HMS Hood (1859) - 91-gun second-rate ship of the line, launched as Edgar.
		HMS Hood (1918) - Admiral class battlecruiser named after Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, built by John Brown and Company, Scotland.
	www.hostilities.net /encyclopedia/HMS_Hood (360 words)

	HMS Royal Sovereign
		HMS Royal Sovereign of the Royal Sovereign Class of battleship.
		HMS Royal Sovereign, launched 26th February 1891, after 1900 she served in home waters and finally scrapped 7th October 1913.
		Photograph taken on board HMS Royal Sovereign from the fore bridge while at Spithead in November 1885 just before the ship put to sea for her last cruise as flagship to the Channel Squadron.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_royal_sovereign1.htm (766 words)

	PortlandBill.co.uk
		The usual starting point for a dive on the Hood is a buoy outside the harbour entrance, a little to the south.
		Perhaps the Hood didn't deserve that epitaph, but since her launch in 1891, the 14,150 ton armoured monster had become known throughout the fleet as a good looker, but a lousy sailer.
		This extra weight lowered her freeboard so that she needed dead calm to proceed at speed, otherwise great green seas came aboard and the whole ship was covered in clouds of spray, making gunnery impossible.
	www.portlandbill.co.uk /hood.htm (1125 words)

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		HMS Hereward was an 'H' Class destroyer built by Vickers-Armstrong on the Tyne in 1936 and, at least for a time, mounted a twin 4.7 inch mount, presumably similar to those fitted to the Tribal Class, in addition to singles.
		HMS Windsor was a 'W' Class destroyer built by Scott in 1918.
		Subject: Hood, Sirs a'plenty According to "Jane's" HMS Hood, the third ship of that name, was named to honor a family that had produced many of the RN's senior officers, but probably most immediately the Admiral of that name who died with practically all hands on board the Invincible at Jutland.
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	Naval forces of the British Empire: Ships: Battleships: HMS Hood
		She was sunk as a blockshop for Portland Harbour in 1914.
		HMS Hood was assigned to the Mediterranean due to her poor sea handling capablities.
		It was this that led to her relative unwieldliness.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /forces/navyships/battleships/hmshood.htm (97 words)

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		HMS Suffolk HMS Prince of Wales HMS Norfolk HMS Hood* ?Only eight minutes into the attack on the Bismarck by the British warships Hood and Prince of Wales, the Hood was hit amidships by a shell from the Bismarck.
		HMS King George V and HMS Valiant HMS Repulse and HMS Ramilles HMS Hood* and HMS Repulse HMS Hood and HMS Rodney ?HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen on May 24, 1941, HMS Prince Of Wales was badly damaged.
		The Prince Of Wales and the Battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese air attack on December 10, 1941.
	www.s95162438.onlinehome.us /dloads/Totally_Massive_WWII_Quiz.pxt (18408 words)

	Pre-Dreadnought Preservation - H.M.S. Hood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Do not confuse this H.M.S. Hood with her later namesake, the more famous victim of the Bismarck.
		Be sure to visit H.M.S. Hood Association's History of H.M.S. Hood which includes information on the four ships in the Royal Navy named Hood and the seafaring family which gave them their names.
		There is a miniature wargaming model of H.M.S. Hood at the Historical Miniatures Wargaming Group of Kitsap County, Washington.
	www.oz.net /~markhow/pre-dred/hood.htm (257 words)

	ART / 4 / 2DAY
		Hood [12 Dec 1724 – 27 Jan 1816] served under Sir George Rodney [bap.13 Feb 1718 – 24 May 1792] in the West Indies and as commander of the rear squadron at the Battle of the Saints, 1782, he received the surrender of the French Admiral de Grasse [13 Sep 1722 – 11 Jan 1788].
		The battlecruiser HMS Hood was the largest warship in the world when it was commissioned in 1920 in memory of Admiral Hood, and it became sadly famous for being destroyed by the German battleship Bismarck on 24 May 1941.
		At an advanced age, in 1780, he was Captain of the Gibraltar, 80 guns, under Sir Samuel Hood and was present at Rodney's capture of Saint-Eustatius in the West Indies from the Dutch in 1781.
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		Killed in a collision with HMS Ardent and TB84, 18th April 1906, aged 36 years.
		Serving on HMS Britannia when it was torpedoed by a German submarine on 9th November 1918.
		Action May 1812 (HMS Northumberland) drove on shore and destroyed, near the entrance of Lorient, two French frigates (Arienne and Andromaque), and the brig Mamelouck.
	www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist.htm (4900 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle of the Denmark Strait (5/24/1941) - Oct. 28th, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At 0600, the Hood and the Prince of Wales were in the process of turning another 20º to port in order to bring their after turrets into action, when Bismarck's fifth salvo hit the Hood.
		The Hood, the Mighty Hood, pride of the Royal Navy and during 20 years the largest warship in the world, split in two and sank in three minutes at about 63º 22' north, 32º 17' west.
		During the ensuing battle, the lighter armour of the battle cruiser Hood proved to be its downfall.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1009485/posts (9304 words)

	Adventures of Robin Hood, The - Encyclopedia FunTrivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Robin has the deer slung over his shoulders, the bow and arrows on his back and the knife in his belt.
		In the movie 'Robin Hood Prince of Theives' does Fannie have a C-section or does Azeem turn the baby because the baby is in a breech postion?
		Was Jon Pertwee actually on board HMS Hood when it was sunk by the Bismarck?
	www.funtrivia.com /en/Movies/Adventures-of-Robin-Hood-The-12918.html (1293 words)

	Museum_Links
		In the museum you will find exhibited several thousand artefacts recovered from the wreck of HMS St. George, an exhibition of photos of the recent wrecks and - outside the museum - a historical anchors park.
		was established in 1891 (as the ‘Perth Museum’) and its initial collections were of geological, ethnological and biological specimens.
		The showpiece of the museum is a 13 foot long cast replica of HMS Hood.
	www.dlumberyard.com /Links/museums/museums.htm (750 words)

	Hood Milk - Information
		HMS Hood after members the Hood family, which HMS 1859 Hood, launched Samuel 1st Viscount.
		In Robin and Guy Robin Hood movie The Robin, 1938 Robin, 1984 Robin Prince of Robin and Guy Milk fetishism, human or human without there seems to fetishism: the toddler Women, as produce on demand.
		Hood Canal was named s Channel Samuel 1st Viscount Lord Samuel on May of Canal near.
	home.tiscali.de /onlineinfo/hood-milk.html (308 words)

	eBay.co.uk - 1891, Coins, Commonwealth British Colonial, Antiquarian Books Pre-1940 items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1891 1ST ED THE BUFFALO RUNNERS BY R.M.BALLANTYNE
		GEOLOGY Causes of ICE AGE Glaciation Astronomy 1st 1891
		Falkland Is 1891 1/2d Green SG 16 MH (N82)
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	HMS Repulse crew members
		George Thomas Wood was born on the 1st September 1891 in Edmonton, Middlesex.
		Further particulars of the tragic death of Stoker Petty Officer Wood of HMS Repulse disclose that he was found completely crushed under the overturned lorry.
		Coleridge of the 'Danae'; Mid Roe of the 'Hood' and Paymaster Mid.
	www.forcez-survivors.org.uk /biographies/repulsecrew/woodgt.html (834 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - Drummers, Warriors and Storytellers - May 24th, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.
		At 1755 on 3 July 1940 Hood and her compatriots opened fire; the battleship Bretagne was blown up and the Provence and Dunkerque badly damaged.
		Hood returned to the Home Fleet and on 19 May 1941 she sailed with the brand new battleship Prince of Wales to intercept the German battleship Bismarck that was attempting to break out into the North Atlantic.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1409150/posts (9027 words)

	Hood - Wikipedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Viscount Bridport, K.B. (1726–1814), britischer Admiral, jüngerer Bruder von Samuel Hood, 1.
		Sir Samuel Hood (Admiral), K.B. (1762-1814), britischer Vizeadmiral
		Die dritte HMS Hood (51), Schlachtkreuzer, Stapellauf 1918, wurde 1941 durch das Schlachtschiff Bismarck versenkt.
	de.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Hood (202 words)

	Royal Navy Battleships
		Sunk in collision with HMS Camperdown, 22 Jun 1893.
		22 Jun 1893.HMS Victoria sunk by collision with HMS Camperdown.
		The Germans claim a tactical victory, but the battle is a strategic victory for the Royal Navy, which forced the High Seas Fleet had to retreat, and maintained their blockade of Germany.
	home.att.net /~wellsbrothers/Battleships/RNBBtable.html (1177 words)

	Royal Sovereign Class Battleship - HMS Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Repulse, Revenge, Resolution, Empress of ...
		When new this class set a new standard for battleship design and the basic format remained largely unchanged until HMS Dreadnought.
		A half sister to the class, HMS Hood, was built but with low mounted turrets instead of the high freeboard and barbette mounted weapons of the rest of the class.
		The limited elevation of the guns meant the ship had to be given an artificial list for bombardment duties which was achieved by flooding one of the bulges.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /pre-dreadnought/hms-royal-soverign.html (431 words)

	MAY
		1982: HMS Sheffield was sunk by an Exocet missile during the Falklands war.
		1941: The German battleship, Bismarck, was sunk by aircraft from the Ark Royal, and HMS Rodney, Prince of Wales and King George V.
		1891: The first world weightlifting championships were held at the Café Monico, Piccadilly.
	www.camelotintl.com /365_days/may.html (11647 words)

	German Navy Battleships
		The Germans sink more ships than they lose: three British battlecruisers, HMS Invincible, HMS Inflexible, and HMS Queen Mary while losing only the battlecruiser SMS Lützow and the pre-dreadnought SMS Pommern, and claim tactical victory; but the battle is a strategic defeat for Germany.
		24 May 1941: Battle of the Denmark Strait: Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen sink British battlecruiser HMS Hood and damage the battleship HMS Prince of Wales.
		Bismarck is slightly, but signifiantly damaged by HMS Prince of Wales.
	home.att.net /~wellsbrothers/Battleships/GermanBBtable.html (1050 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaediat
		She had four 9 inch and twenty-four 7 inch muzzle loading rifled guns all in one long armoured battery.
		There were ships named Swiftsure in the British navy since 1573.
		It is available in 9 mm and.30 inch calibres and takes a 15-round magazine.
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