H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood

Learn More About Us & How You Can Help
To learn more about the H.M.S. Hood Association, to include our history, activities, how to join and how you can help support our efforts, please CLICK HERE.

Latest Site Updates
The latest site update includes changes to:

The Roll of Honour memorials, Association Activities Archive, Association Slop Shop, Hood Collectibles & Memorabilia, Hood-Specific Books, Battle Cruiser Armour, Paintings & Artwork, Plans & Drawings of Hood, Television & Video References, Scratch-built Models Gallery, Trumpeter 1/200 Model of Hood, and various Crew List entries.

Below you will find details of where the ship was on 20th April each year. Where the year in the first column includes the word 'details' in brackets, you can click this link to access a full transcription of Hood's log for that date.

Year	From	To	At
1920			Rosyth
1921			Rosyth
1922			Rosyth
1923			Devonport
1924	Sydney	Sea
1925			Devonport
1926			Devonport
1927			Devonport
1928			Devonport
1929			Devonport
1930
1931			Portsmouth
1932			Portsmouth C Lock
1933			Portsmouth N.R.J.
1934			Portsmouth
1935			Portsmouth
1936			Gibraltar
1937	La Palicci	St Jean de Luz	St Jean de Luz
1938			Palma
1939 (details)			Portsmouth C Lock
1940 (details)			Devonport
1941 (details)			Sea

For further details why not visit our Timeline which describes in details the ship's career from 1920 to 1941. Or, if want to check when she was at a particular place or where she was on a range of dates then our ship movements database is worth a visit.

Memorials to Hood's lost

The memorial pages to the men lost will always be the central part of this web site. Below we feature two of the 1415 men lost with the ship - one for whom we have a photo and the other for whom we do not. You can find out more about the men who died in the sinking of the ship by visiting our Roll of Honour page

Henry Wells

Rank / rating: Stoker 2nd Class
Service number: P/KX 116550
Home town: Worthing, Sussex
Place of birth: Worthing, Sussex

Click here to access Henry's Memorial page.

Memorial photo appeal

Sadly, for 414 of the men lost with the ship we have no photo.Do you have local knowledge or contacts which would help us reduce this number? Please visit our Memorial photo appeal page to find out more.

Terrence Lancelot Brooks

	Rank / rating: Marine Service number: PO/X 4275 Home town: Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire Place of birth: Halstead, Kent Click here to access Henry's Memorial page.
Remembering Hood's crew We want to remember and commemorate the lives of all the men who served in Hood from 1920 to 1941. To that end we have a page for each man about whom we have information. On these we record details of their lives and service as well as including photos of them with their families and service mates. Please visit our H.M.S. Hood Crew Database section to find out more.

Updates to crew pages

During the last two weeks, we have created the following new crew pages:

During the last two weeks, we have amended the following crew pages: