SEA SAGA: HMS HOOD Goes under the waves :-(Prev TopicNext Topic

• eddessaknight

  

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  TimeLine: May 24,  1941, WW11 North Atlantic Sea Battle

  German heavy Battelship Bismark sank the outclassed but courageous British cruiser HMS HOOD in a sea battle in the North Atlantic; thus killing  all but three of the brave 1483 officers & men defenders on the outgunned board   :-(

  Britannia Rule the Waves ~~~~~

  Requiem in Pace

  Eddessa_Knight with Light 
• eddessaknight

  

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  May 27, 2016, 2:17 pm

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  Sea Saga action reaction as Britannia Responds-

  TimeLine: May 27, 1941 off France

  British Royal Navy sank the German Battleship Bismark with a loss of some 2,000 lives-

  Amid rising world tensions, President Roosevelt proclaimed an "unlimited national emergency" during a radio White House address

  Requiem in Pace

  Eddessa_Knight w/light