The Loss of HMS Hood safe navigation is a leading authority on

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charts and worked examples throughout

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The Loss of HMS Hood safe navigation is a leading authority onIn 1941, the battlecruiser HMS Hood at 860 feet long, with a beam of 105 feet, a displacement of 48,360 tons (fully loaded), and a maximum speed of 32 knots was Britain's largest and fastest warship. And yet on 24 May, HMS Hood, the epitome of British naval power, with an armament which included eight 15 inch guns, was blown up a mere eight minutes after engaging the German battleship KMS Bismarck and her consort, the heavy cruiser KMS Prinz Eugen. As