Good Buy HMS Hood
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Hi !!!
I don't think it is a HMS Hood in the pic.The ship was a two-funnels battle cruiser.Both funnels were mounted close to each other and to the main battle station.In the pic we can see the one funnel only (unless the first one had been destroyed by the german shells).Also the three-pod mast with the main 4575 m rangefinder, the fire commanding centre of the main artillery and the antitorpedo defence station, was also mounted very close to the main tower.In the uploaded by me pic you can see he HMS Hood midship which looks different from the one in the posted above picture.
source : British Navy Ships--HMS Hood (1920-1941)
I don't think it is a HMS Hood in the pic.The ship was a two-funnels battle cruiser.Both funnels were mounted close to each other and to the main battle station.In the pic we can see the one funnel only (unless the first one had been destroyed by the german shells).Also the three-pod mast with the main 4575 m rangefinder, the fire commanding centre of the main artillery and the antitorpedo defence station, was also mounted very close to the main tower.In the uploaded by me pic you can see he HMS Hood midship which looks different from the one in the posted above picture.
source : British Navy Ships--HMS Hood (1920-1941)
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Plus if I am correct the explosion was so powerful it broke the ship in 2. That ship up there is still in one piece.
Cyrano
Airman 1st Class
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Okay well I stand corrected.
I do recount though that the Hood was broke in two by one massive explosion. Was this explosion shortly after this picture was taken or what?
I do recount though that the Hood was broke in two by one massive explosion. Was this explosion shortly after this picture was taken or what?
I assume so. I think it was a secondary explosion 
magazine going up that broke her in too. She was hit with a couple of shells beforehand and then the one which hit the magazine which destroyed the ship
magazine going up that broke her in too. She was hit with a couple of shells beforehand and then the one which hit the magazine which destroyed the ship
Lucky13
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This wee bang you mean?
Correction.....I found the same picture where it says it is HMS Barham. Any ideas?
Correction.....I found the same picture where it says it is HMS Barham. Any ideas?
ToughOmbre
Senior Master Sergeant
Ship in the photo may be the Hood, but the photo looks fake to me. I'm no expert, I could be wrong. Just my gut.
mkloby
Master Sergeant
R-2800
Senior Airman
lol 
You photoshop stud you
Yeah but the color drawing that he photoshoped onto it fits perfectly.
Lucky13
Forum Mascot
I wonder if people try to photshop themselfs for better looks....
Cyrano
Airman 1st Class
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Hallo guys !!
O.K. I haven't taken the direction of moving into consideration in the way like Cyrano has. But I'm still not convinced if it is HMS Hood.Although the photoshoped coloured Hood fits perfectly, the marked areas in my pic look differently.According to a book about HMS Hood where I've found a colour profile of she in the day when she was sunk there shouldn't be anything on the first platform of the rear mast.Meanwhile,in Johnbr's pic it is visible something like a small cabin.
O.K. I haven't taken the direction of moving into consideration in the way like Cyrano has.
But I'm still not convinced if it is HMS Hood.Although the photoshoped coloured Hood fits perfectly, the marked areas in my pic look differently.According to a book about HMS Hood where I've found a colour profile of she in the day when she was sunk there shouldn't be anything on the first platform of the rear mast.Meanwhile,in Johnbr's pic it is visible something like a small cabin.Attachments
mkloby
Master Sergeant
What is a "stud"?
Haha - Seriously? I was applauding your skillful use of photoshop... that's all.
syscom3
Pacific Historian
I wish a mod would change the spelling of "buy" to "bye".
I thought about it, but decided to leave it for comic value.
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johnbr
2nd Lieutenant
I read in the book Battleships By William h Garzke Jr and Robert O Dulin Jr that on that day the only thing that saved the Prince of Wales is most of the shells she got hit by did not go off.They found one of Prinz Eugen 8" in there 5.25 shell handing room they told the crew of the Eugen if all her shells had gone off the Wales would also be on the bottom of the sea.
