Royal Naval Officer's Sword of a Lt. Former Officer of 'The Mighty Hood', Battlecruiser, HMS Hood. For 20 Years The Largest Warship In the World Tragically Sunk by the German Battleship Bismark May 1941. With The Loss of 1415 Crew

For those of you that are serious maritime collectors, we have the privilege to have acquired a superb and historical 20th century Royal Naval sword, that has just arrived, a stunning 'named' officer’s sword of a former member of the tragic HMS Hood’s ships company. His brother was also a member of the ship's company, and was KIA in the sinking. See the memorial plaque in the gallery, for both brothers that served on the Mighty Hood, that were lost at sea, in St Mary's Church, Oatlands, Surrey

HMS Hood was an Admiral-class battlecruiser and the largest warship in the Royal Navy for 20 years. Affectionately known as "The Mighty Hood," she served as a potent global symbol of British power. During World War II, a fatal shell from the German battleship Bismarck struck her in May 1941, causing a catastrophic explosion that claimed 1,415 lives. Probably the most infamous sinking of a British warship in history. A naval tragedy almost beyond comprehension for the people of Britain at the time. On May 24, 1941, HMS Hood and the battleship HMS Prince of Wales intercepted the German battleship Bismarck and cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. During the engagement, a single shell from the Bismarck pierced Hood's armour and detonated her internal magazines. The ship broke apart and sank in just minutes. Tragically, there were only three survivors from a crew of 1,418

A KIA officer whose brother was also part of the Hood’s crew, who was lost at sea in its last great combat sinking. Both brothers were lost at sea in WW2, one on the Mighty Hood, the other, who had earlier transferred off the Hood, to serve as Lt. of a submariner crew, HMS Talisman, was also lost at sea, in its own tragic sinking off the Italian coast.

At the moment it is being no expense spared cleaned and conserved for future posterity.
When war with Germany was declared, Hood was operating in the area around Iceland, and she spent the next several months hunting for German commerce raiders and blockade runners between Iceland and the Norwegian Sea. After a brief overhaul of her propulsion system, she sailed as the flagship of Force H, and participated in the destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir. Transferred to the Home Fleet shortly afterwards, Hood was dispatched to Scapa Flow, and operated in the area as a convoy escort and later as a defence against a potential German invasion fleet. In May 1941, Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were en route to the Atlantic, where they were to attack convoys. On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank with the loss of all but 3 of her crew of 1,418.

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