Title

Battlecruiser HMS 'Hood', seen from HMS 'Nelson', 1937. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Battlecruiser HMS 'Hood', seen from HMS 'Nelson', 1937. The largest warship in the Royal Navy, HMS 'Hood' exploded and sank while engaging the German battleship 'Bismarck' and the heavy cruiser 'Prinz Eugen' in the Denmark Strait on 24th May 1941. Only 3 of her crew of 1418 survived. Cigarette card from The Navy series, produced by Senior Service Cigarettes, 1937.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C30_426

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,2Mb (1,3Mb) / 13,8in x 9,1in / 4143 x 2716 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea ship ships British weapon weapons gun guns geography war century Britain thirties concept lifebelt Navy B&W sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors battleship World War II World War two naval warfare WWII water transport warship black & white black and white B W weaponry 1930s world war 2 20th century Royal Navy The Print Collector battlecruiser cigarette card geographical feature gun barrel Second World War WW2 HMS Hood HMS Nelson photograph 2nd World War Unknown photograph