BRADFORD, ERNLE

The Mighty Hood

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. 240 pages, illustrated, diagrams, appendix, bibliography, index, some tanning to page edges, endpapers and covers.. Good .

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Book number: 166833

Bradford, Ernle,

THE MIGHTY HOOD.

Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1961, paperback, 224pp, sectional drawings and maps in text, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, since her launch in 1918 the HMS Hood was the pride of the British Navy, the largest vessel afloat. Too late to be involved in WW1, she cruised the world between the wars and in 1939 was refitted and joined the Home Fleet. In 1940 she was the mainstay of Force H in the Mediterranean, then returning to Scapa Flow when, in company with Prince of Wales, she set out on her final voyage in May, 1941 to intercept the Bismarck.slight slant to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., light creasing to wrappers, edges tanned, good plus,

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Book number: 45168

Catalogue: WW2 - Navy

Keywords: war ww2 navy hood battlecruiser forceh mediterranean oran bismarck

BRADFORD Ernle

The Mighty Hood. [The Life and Death of the Royal Navy's Proudest Ship.]. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1959]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and diagrams in the text, some mild and occasional spotting; blue cloth, gilt back, a bright, firm copy in price-clipped dustwrapper This popular account devotes half its length to the famous ship's wartime service (Home Fleet and Force H), and describes in much detail her tragic end. Enser, p.58; Law 0982.

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Book number: 44782

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, wwii, hms hood, battlecruisers, bismarck, bismarck chase, ernle bradford