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The Mighty Hood is Sunk at the Battle of Denmark Strait
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During the Battle of Denmark Strait, HMS Hood and Bismarck clashed in one of the most famous duels of capital ships in naval history. Ultimately Bismarck sunk Hood after many salvoes from the heavy guns of both ships. Follow The War Office Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel.
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At 5:59 a.m., Bismar fires its fifth
salvo at Hood. At these distances, it
takes the shells a full minute to reach
their target.
Signalman Brit recalls seeing the Bismar
shells coming into his view. My eyes
were on the two ships rapidly becoming
more visible on the starboard bow. They
were still winking at us threateningly.
But the next salvo was not just a
threat. Not far from our starboard beam,
there were two, no three, no four high
splashes of foam tinted with an erupting
dirty brown fringe. Then I was flung off
my feet. My ears were ringing as if I
had been in the striking chamber of Big
Ben. I picked myself up, thinking I had
made a complete fool of myself, but
everyone else on the compass platform
was also scrambling to his feet.
HMS Hood has taken a hit from one of the
salvos fired by Bismar. Captain John
Leech of Prince of Wales witnesses the
intensifying scene.
I happened to be looking at Hood at the
moment when a salvo arrived and it
appeared to be across the ship somewhere
about the main mast. Leech feels
compelled to continue looking at Hood as
if something monumental is about to
happen.
The hit then triggers two massive
explosions just seconds apart.
The catastrophic blast rips HMS Hood in
half.