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HMS Hood
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The Symposia will report on the latest research and understanding of the sinking of HMS Hood.
On 24 May 1941, in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the HMS Hood was destroyed in an explosion that split the battlecruiser into two pieces. The loss of Hood had a profound effect on the British, and the resulting orders from Prime Minister Winston Churchill to the Royal Navy to "sink the Bismarck" culminated in a naval battle on 26–27 May that ended in the sinking of the Bismarck.
Partly because of the manner in which Hood was lost in World War II, the battlecruiser remains a popular subject for naval history, with extensive research being done into the reasons for the loss of Hood and into the subsequent chase of Bismarck by the Royal Navy, which deployed a large number of ships in the effort to locate and sink Bismarck. The chase and the death of both Hood and Bismarck have been covered in printed media, television series, movies, and other popular culture realms, which has helped the story of both ships survive so well today. Wikipedia
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