Author: Bradford, Ernle, Title: THE MIGHTY HOOD.
Description: 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,
Keywords: war ww2 navy hood battlecruiser forceh mediterranean oran bismarck
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