Three Minutes in the Denmark Strait: The Loss of HMS Hood
On May 24, 1941, a shell from the German battleship Bismarck struck HMS Hood's ammunition magazine in the Denmark Strait, and the pride of the Royal Navy sank in three minutes with 1,415 men.
On May 24, 1941, a shell from the German battleship Bismarck struck HMS Hood's ammunition magazine in the Denmark Strait, and the pride of the Royal Navy sank in three minutes with 1,415 men.