{"id":1872,"date":"2012-08-25T11:04:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2012-08-25T11:04:19","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T17:04:19","slug":"in-the-news-the-ships-bell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?p=1872","title":{"rendered":"In the news: The ship&#8217;s bell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?attachment_id=1877\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1877\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1877\" title=\"HMS Hood\" src=\"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Whood1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Whood1.jpg 282w, https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Whood1-150x95.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a>The chips are down. If Microsoft co-founder, Paul G. Allen, gets his way, he and his ROV-equipped yacht will soon set sail to recover the ship&#8217;s bell from <em>HMS Hood<\/em>. [FYI: ROV = Remotely Operated Vehicle].<\/p>\n<p><em>HMS Hood<\/em>, one of the last great British battlecruisers, was commissioned in 1920. She was the pride of the Royal Navy when she engaged the German battleship <em>Bismarck<\/em> on 24 May 1941.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/?attachment_id=2027\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2027\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2027\" title=\"Bell from HMS Rodney, Attribution: Reptonix free Creative Commons licensed photo via Wikipedia Commons\" src=\"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Wrodneybell2-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Wrodneybell2-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Wrodneybell2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/secondbysecondworldwar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Wrodneybell2.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a>Plunging fire from <em>Bismarck<\/em> penetrated the <em>Hood<\/em>\u2019s armoured deck, causing her powder magazine to explode. The battlecruiser sank with almost all on board. A midshipman and two rating survived.<\/p>\n<p>The bell pictured on the right is from the battleship\u00a0<em>HMS Rodney<\/em>, which took part in the hunt for the <em>Bismarck\u00a0<\/em>and was present at her sinking on 27 May 1941.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <em>HMS Hood<\/em> and the <em>Bismarck<\/em> see James Daly&#8217;s <em>Daly History Blog<\/em> post: <a href=\"http:\/\/dalyhistory.wordpress.com\/tag\/bismarck\">Brothers in the Hood<\/a>\u00a0and Christopher Chant&#8217;s <em>Aviation and Military History<\/em> post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmchant.com\/sinking-of-the-bismarck\">Operation &#8216;Rheinubung&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chips are down. If Microsoft co-founder, Paul G. Allen, gets his way, he and his ROV-equipped yacht will soon set sail to recover the ship&#8217;s bell from HMS Hood. [FYI: ROV = Remotely Operated Vehicle]. 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