QUERY: HMS Hood
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>Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 03:22:03 -0400 (EDT)
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>From: rickt@cris.com (Eric Bergerud)
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>I have taken the liberty of cross listing the below from H-War. I suspect
>some of you salts can help Mr. Foster out.
>
> >Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 17:46:52 -0400
> >From: “George H. Foster”
> >
> >Last night I was wandering in the vast wasteland of television and came
> >upon what turned out to be a very serious documentary on the German
> >Battleship Bismark. I got in late – at the time when the Bismark and the
> >Prince Eugene were about to begin Operation Rhine.
> >
> >This treatment was more detailed than the movie “Sink the Bismark” and the
> >Discovery Channel special on finding it on the bottom of the Atlantic.
> >
> >The Hood was destroyed in a rather spectacular way. Was the Hood an
> >oversized Battle Cruiser or an under-protected Battleship?
> >
> >I am aware that the Hood was built after Jutland – where Beatty had several
> >of his ships blown up in much the same way.
> >
> >Was this ship a special case under the Washington Naval Treaty in the early
> >1920’s? Was there a relationship in size/structure/armor with the
> >Lexington and Saratoga (before they became carriers)?
> >
> >George H. Foster
> >fostergh@ix.netcom.com
> >
> >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> >
>Eric Bergerud, 531 Kains Ave, Albany CA 94706, 510-525-0930