Published On Sep 10, 2023
Ordinary Signalman Ted Briggs, Able Seaman Robert Tilburn and Midshipman William John Dundas were the only survivors from HMS Hood's 1418 crew. Only Briggs and Tilburn ever told their tales.
Here Hood's survivors detail their memories of the battlecruiser and the leadup to the disastrous confrontation with Bismark and Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait.
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