The Mighty Hood

Author : Ernle Bradford
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497625742
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mighty Hood written by Ernle Bradford and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the HMS Hood, the last great warship of the British Royal Navy, told by the bestselling author of Hannibal. When it was launched in 1918, the HMS Hood was the flagship of the Royal Navy. As a battle cruiser, “The Mighty Hood” was fast enough to evade enemy cruiser ships and powerful enough to destroy them. But for all the Hood’s might, it had one fatal flaw: armor had been sacrificed for speed. In 1941, the Hood confronted the legendary German warship Bismarck. A salvo from the enemy penetrated the Hood’s ammunition magazine, destroying the British ship and killing all but three of its crew. The brutal defeat marked the end of the Royal Navy’s dominance. But it also inspired Winston Churchill’s vow to sink the Bismarck—a vow that in time was fulfilled. Through oral history and documentary research, Ernle Bradford chronicles the Hood’s career from design to demise, with colorful insight into life aboard the ship as well as its broader historical significance.

Author : Theodore Taylor
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504077164
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book H.M.S. Hood vs. Bismarck written by Theodore Taylor and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the WWII sea battle by the author of The Cay: “The story of the Bismarck is one of exciting high adventure, and [Taylor] captures it nicely.” —The New York Times From the award-winning author, this is a compelling history of the sinking of British battlecruiser H.M.S. Hood in the cold waters of the North Atlantic in 1941. It was a great loss to the Royal Navy and resulted in the deaths of more than fourteen hundred sailors. Soon the Allies were in hot pursuit of the Bismarck, the German fleet’s biggest and most fearsome ship. The Nazi battleship would meet its end just days after it sank the Hood—and this book tells the riveting story of this deadly confrontation at sea.

Author : Bruce Taylor
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1783469803
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battlecruiser HMS Hood written by Bruce Taylor and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A wonderfully illustrated biography” of one of history’s greatest warships whose sinking “signaled the end of the surety that Britannia ruled the waves” (War History Online). Unmatched for beauty, unequalled for size, for twenty years the HMS Hood was the glory ship of the Royal Navy, flying the flag across the world in the twilight years of the British Empire. Here, in words, photos and color illustrations, is the story of her life, her work and her people from keel-laying on the Clyde in 1916 to destruction at the hands of the Bismarck in 1941. Among the eyecatching strengths of the book is a unique gallery of photos, including stills from a recently discovered piece of color footage of the ship, plus a spectacular set of computer-generated images of both the exterior and interior by the world’s leading exponent of the art—a man who worked with the film director James Cameron (of Titanic fame). A wealth of new information on Hood’s structure and operation make it essential reading for the enthusiast, modeler and historian alike. Hugely successful from its first publication, this is the third printing of the ultimate book on the ultimate ship of the pre-war era. “The most comprehensive study of a modern warship ever undertaken.”—Warship World

Author : John Roberts
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472846079
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battlecruiser Hood written by John Roberts and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2025-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The destruction of the HMS Hood by the Bismarck in 1941 was one of the most shocking episodes in the history of the Royal Navy. Built during World War I, the Hood was the largest, fastest and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world. For the first time, this volume in the renowned Anatomy of a Ship series is available in paperback, and features a detailed description of every aspect of the beloved battlecruiser. In addition to analysing the genesis of its design and contemporary significance, this exceptional study provides the finest documentation of the Hood, with a complete set of superb line drawings, supported by technical details and a record of the ship's service history.

Author : Marco Santarini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781781552315
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bismarck and Hood written by Marco Santarini and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sheds new light on one of the most talked about incidents of the Second World War: the mighty duel betweenHMS Hood and the Bismarck. The author offers fresh evidence from recent studies of the wreck of theHood to unravel what happened on that fateful day.

Author : Andrew Norman
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811707893
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book HMS Hood written by Andrew Norman and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Author Andrew Norman explores the events leading up to the [sinking of the HMS Hood] and the legacy it left in its wake. His research includes reports from both the Royal Naval Museum and German naval records as well as a unique interview with the only living survivor ... of the Hood disaster, Ted Briggs. Virtually all of the author's material is taken from original sources and many of the photographs he includes to illustrate the text have never before been published. In HMS Hood : pride of the Royal Navy, he poses his own theory for the ship's sinking -- one that has until this point not yet been proposed"--Jacket.

Author : Wallace West
Publisher : Fairly Queer Tales
ISBN 13 : 9780316628358
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mighty Red Riding Hood written by Wallace West and published by Fairly Queer Tales. This book was released on 2022 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart and sassy boy in a red riding hood confronts a pushy wolf espousing gender norms.

Author : Erne Bradford
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019377505
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mighty Hood written by Erne Bradford and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mighty Hood is a gripping account of one of the most famous naval battles of World War II. Focusing on the HMS Hood, one of the most formidable warships of the time, the book explores the ship's history and final battle against the German battleship Bismarck. This thrilling and detailed account of naval warfare is a must-read for fans of military history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Michael Tamelander
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1935149822
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bismarck written by Michael Tamelander and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Blitzkrieg covers one of the most dramatic events of the Second World War in an “outstanding book about naval warfare” (World War II History). When the German battleship Bismarck—a masterpiece of engineering, well-armored with a main artillery of eight 15-inch guns—left the port of Gotenhafen for her first operation on the night of May 18, 1941, the British battlecruiser Hood and the new battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to find her quickly, as several large convoys were heading for Britain. On May 24, Bismarck was found off the coast of Greenland, but the ensuing battle was disastrous for the British. The Hood was totally destroyed within minutes, with only three crewmen surviving, and Prince of Wales was badly damaged. The chase resumed until the German behemoth was finally caught, this time by four British capital ships supported by torpedo-bombers from the carrier Ark Royal. The icy North Atlantic roiled from the crash of shellfire and bursting explosions until finally the Bismarck collapsed, sending nearly two thousand German sailors to a watery grave. Tamelander and Zetterling’s work rests on stories from survivors and the latest historical discoveries. The book starts with a thorough account of maritime developments from 1871 up to the era of the giant battleship, and ends with a vivid account, hour by hour, of the dramatic and fateful hunt for the mighty Bismarck, Nazi Germany’s last hope to pose a powerful surface threat to Allied convoys. “Exciting story-telling . . . recreat[es] the thrill of the hunt.” —International Journal of Maritime History “[An] epic sea chase and its vivid, human details.” —World War II

Author : Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mighty Hood written by Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: