Photos of HMS Hood

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Originally Posted by j.sabourn

Wasn’t there a ditty made up about it , the Hood , the Rodney , and a third ship just can’t remember the name at the moment. JS
Can’t remember the ditty or song as of yet. JS

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I think it was a Johnny Horton song "we gotta sink the Bismark"? great marching song.

John.
Wasn't the Nelson and the Rodney sunk by Jap aircraft when Churchill sent them to Singapore without air cover?
Des

Yes believe so Des. However the ditty about the 3 ships was a made up one used probably by seafarers and think the song that Johnny says about sinking the Bismarck was something on the same lines but the ditty mentions 3 British Battle wagons or capital ships.? JS
Something like “ I saw 3 ships come sailing by on Xmas day in the morning , The Nelson ,The Hood , and The Rodney “, etc. etc. etc. JS

The RN ships were the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse December 10 1941. I was reading about the Chinese yet again grave robbing of the Malayasian coast on these two ships.
It has now been detained by the Malay authourities.

https://news.usni.org/2024/07/04/chi...recks-detained