The battlecruiser HMS Hood : an illustrated biography, 1916-1941 / Bruce Taylor ; illustrations by Thomas Schmid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Bruce, 1967-

Contributor:

Schmid, Thomas, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hood (Battle cruiser).

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations.

World War, 1939-1945.

Sea control.

Battle cruisers--Great Britain.

Battle cruisers.

Great Britain. Royal Navy.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color, some folded), 1 map ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Chatham Publ. ; Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2005.

Summary:

This great battlecruiser. was the largest warship in the world for most of her career, and the prestige ship of the inter-war Royal Navy. By the outbreak of war she was outclassed by more modern ships, but her heroic destruction by the Bismarck in 1941 has ensured a continuing world-wide fascination with the ship. Technical details and the ship's fighting career are detailed, but a remarkable collection of largely unpublished photographs allows this book to concentrate on shipboard life for the crew of the most glamorous warship of her time.

Contents:

Genesis, design and construction

A tour of the ship

Glory ship

Routine, work and rest

Life aboard

The Hood in colour

Disaster and recovery, 1931-1936

War clouds, 1936-1939

To war

The end of glory

Conclusion

Appendix 1. Admirals, captains, commanders and chaplains by commission

Appendix 2. Scheme of complement of HMS Hood, 12 December 1919

Appendix 3. Composition and family attachments of HMS Hood, c. 1934

Appendix 4. Daily routines in peace and war

Chronology, 1915-1941

Roll of honour.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-250) and index.

ISBN:

186176216X

OCLC:

57711189