Last battlecruiser of British Empire "Hood" was the pride of the Royal Navy, representing the military power of the Lady of the Sea. Since the beginning of WWII its value has increased - only Battlecruisers of this type were able to intercept the German "pocket battleships".
However, the fate of the "Hood" was introduced in tragedy. Paradoxically, the first goal for his main caliber guns were former allies - the French ships were shot by the British in the harbor, Mayor of El-Kebir in the infamous "Operation Catapult". A second battle was for the "Hood" rock - the cruiser was sunk as a result of a five-minute firefight with the battleship Bismarck May 24, 1941 at the southern exit of the Danish Straits, taking into the abyss of 1,415 man crew, which came as a shock for the whole of Great Britain ...
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