06:00 24th May 1941 63°20′N 31°50′W in the Denmark Strait, HMS Hood pride of the Royal Navy is destroyed in a catastrophic explosion whilst engaged with the German Battleship Bismarck and the Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen. She would sink rapidly taking 1,415 Officers and Men with her only 3 would survive.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.