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HMS Hood (1918) Naval Artwork


Naval Art Countries Royal Navy Ships HMS Hood (1918)

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HMS Hood (1918) Naval Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings

Final Farewell by Randall Wilson.


Final Farewell by Randall Wilson.
6 of 7 editions available.
The one edition featuring an additional signature is available.
£2.20 - £500.00

Farewell the Hood by Simon Atack.


Farewell the Hood by Simon Atack.
2 of 3 editions available.
1 of 2 editions featuring an additional signature are available.
£60.00 - £175.00

North Atlantic Companions by Ivan Berryman.


North Atlantic Companions by Ivan Berryman.
8 editions.
£2.70 - £2500.00


HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.
5 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£9.00 - £180.00

HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman.
7 editions.
£2.20 - £3000.00

HMS Hood - Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders


HMS Hood - Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders
7 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£2.20 - £6500.00


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman
8 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£2.20 - £500.00

HMS Hood During the Fleet Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Hood During the Fleet Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman.
5 editions.
£9.00 - £20.00

The Mighty Hood by Randall Wilson.


The Mighty Hood by Randall Wilson.
7 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£2.20 - £400.00


HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.
9 of 10 editions available.
The one edition featuring an additional signature is sold out.
£2.20 - £500.00

HMS Hood Passing Under the Forth Rail Bridge by Ivan Berryman.


HMS Hood Passing Under the Forth Rail Bridge by Ivan Berryman.
6 editions.
£2.20 - £5500.00

The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders.


The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders.
9 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£2.70 - £6000.00


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman
2 editions.
£30.00 - £36.00

HMS Hood and HMS Express Departing from Portsmouth 1935 by Ivan Berryman


HMS Hood and HMS Express Departing from Portsmouth 1935 by Ivan Berryman
7 editions.
£2.20 - £600.00

HMS Hood Passing Gibraltar by Brian Wood.


HMS Hood Passing Gibraltar by Brian Wood.
7 of 9 editions available.
The one edition featuring an additional signature is sold out.
£10.00 - £1700.00


Hood and Bismarck by David Mearns and Rob White.

Hood and Bismarck by David Mearns and Rob White.
2 editions.
£15.00 - £20.00

HMS Hood Opens Fire, May 24th, 1941 by Marii Chernev.

HMS Hood Opens Fire, May 24th, 1941 by Marii Chernev.
All 3 editions sold out.
2 editions feature an additional signatures.

HMS Hood by Robert Taylor.


HMS Hood by Robert Taylor.
This single edition is sold out.
The edition features an additional signature.



Text for the above items :

Final Farewell by Randall Wilson.

HMS Hood leads HMS prince of Wales past the Orkney islands as they build up steam to make a course to intercept the mighty German battleship Bismarck.


Farewell the Hood by Simon Atack.

HMS Hood, Britains largest warship and pride of the Royal Navy, steams majestically through the Swept Channel on 22 May, 1941. Having fuelled at the Scapa Flow naval base in Scotland, she steers clear of floats suspending torpedo and submarine nets, as she heads for open water and the North Sea. The crew of a naval cutter wave farewell as the mighty battleship departs upon what will prove to be her final voyage.


North Atlantic Companions by Ivan Berryman.

Short Sunderland Mk.1 L5798 (DA-A) of 210 Sqn, based at Pembroke, dips her wings in salute to HMS Hood as she punches through the North Atlantic swell early in 1941. By May of that year, this mighty ship would be gone, lost with all but three of her crew, a victim of the might of the German Navy at the savage hands of the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen.


HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.

The moment shortly after dawn on 24th May 1941 when HMS Hood, in company with HMS Prince of Wales, opens fire on the Bismarck, setting in motion one of the greatest sea dramas the world had seen.


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman.

Fully dressed and resplendent, HMS Hood is pictured preparing for King George Vs review of the Fleet in July 1935 as other capital ships take up their positions around her. Ramillies can be seen off Hoods port bow, Resolution astern, whilst just beyond her boat deck, the mighty Nelson gently nudges into position.


HMS Hood - Operation Catapult by Anthony Saunders

The pride of the British fleet, The Mighty Hood as she was known, was launched in 1918. Weighing in at over 40,000 tons she was 860 feet long and had eight 15 inch guns, at her launch she was more than a match for any adversary. Hood sailed the world in the inter-war years and was admired in every foreign port she visited, however with a lack of major refits in this time the second world war found the Hood unprepared for a major battle, On the 24th of May 1941 the German battleship Bismarck found Hoods achilles heel within only a few salvos, namely her inadequate deck armour. Hood exploded in a huge fireball from which only three sailors survived. Here HMS Hood is seen with Force H in the Mediterranean. Winston Churchill knew that the powerful French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir could fall into German hands at any time and that the threat had to be removed by any means. On the 3rd of July 1940 the French fleet was duly dispatched by Force H. The Strasbourg being the only French battleship able to make her escape. Hood is depicted opening fire at 17.55 hours with the battleships Resolution and the destroyer HMS Foxhound to her stern.


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman

Pride of the Royal Navy, the mighty Hood rolls majestically in the north Atlantic swell as HMS Prince of Wales holds station off her starboard bow.


HMS Hood During the Fleet Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman.

Fully dressed and resplendent, HMS Hood is pictured preparing for King George Vs review of the Fleet in July 1935 as other capital ships take up their positions around her. Ramillies can be seen off Hoods port bow, Resolution astern, whilst just beyond her boat deck, the mighty Nelson gently nudges into position.


The Mighty Hood by Randall Wilson.

As Flagship Battle Cruiser Squadron HMS Hoods bow down about to take it green on the Med, Station October 1936.


HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.

In the early morning murk of 24th May 1941, the forward 15in guns of HMS Hood fire the first shots against the mighty German battleship Bismarck. Both Bismarck and her escort, the Prinz Eugen, immediately responded, the latter causing a fierce fire on Hoods upper deck, while plunging shot from Bismarck penetrated deep into the British ships hull, causing an explosion that ripped the Hood apart, sinking her in an instant. Tragically, just three survivors were rescued from the water.


HMS Hood Passing Under the Forth Rail Bridge by Ivan Berryman.

HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s. the cruiser HMS Norfolk lies at anchor in the middle distance.


The Final Salvo - HMS Hood by Anthony Saunders.

HMS Hood readies to fire off a what proved to be the final salvo against the Bismarck before a shell from the German battleship penetrated the magazine of HMS Hood, tearing apart the British ship in an enormous explosion.


HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman

The pride of the Royal Navy , HMS Hood, will always be remembered for her loss during the Bismarck action.


HMS Hood and HMS Express Departing from Portsmouth 1935 by Ivan Berryman

The pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, leaves Portsmouth on her way to the Fleet Review of King George V in July 1935. HMS Hood is followed by the destroyer HMS Express.


HMS Hood Passing Gibraltar by Brian Wood.

The pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, passes Gibraltar on her way to join HMS Prince of Wales at Scapa Flow and onto her short and tragic engagement with the German battleship Bismarck.


Hood and Bismarck by David Mearns and Rob White.

In May 1941 the most dramatic sea battle of the Second World War took place. Its protagonists were the two mightiest capital ships of the era - the German Bismarck, and the British battlecruiser Hood. Their confrontation resulted in the destruction of both warships and the loss of over 3,500 lives. In 2001 - the sixtieth anniversary of this apocalyptic battle - David Mearns led an expedition that discovered the wreck of Hood for the very first time and revisited the wreck of Bismarck. With Rob White tracing the history of these awe-inspiring vessels and the events that led to their fatal clash, Hood and Bismarck chronicles the progress and findings of this incredible mission.


HMS Hood Opens Fire, May 24th, 1941 by Marii Chernev.

a tribute by artist Marii Chernev, to the men of the Royal Navys most famous ship, the battlecruiser HMS Hood and all the Royal Navy veterans who fought in the cold waters of the North Atlantic during World War II. Of a crew of over 1500 able bodied seamen, only three survived the thunderous blast as the German battleship Bismarcks fifth salvo found the lightly protected magazine of the Hood. Over 100 tons of powder exploded in a spectacular fireball that split the pride of the Royal Navy in two.


HMS Hood by Robert Taylor.

HMS Hood ablaze after its magazine was hit by a salvo from the DKM Bismark, May 24, 1941

One of the rarest of the early Robert Taylor prints, published in 1980, we have one secondary market print available. The eidition was not numbered. The print is in fair condition, with only a slight crease, and a mark on the border. The colours on the print and the signature have not faded much at all, as the print was kept framed and in a corridor out of sunlight. Fading is normally an issue with these older prints, so it is rare to find one with very good colour.



HMS Hood



Launched : 22nd August 1918
HMS Hood. Built at Clydebank and launched on the 22nd August 1918, HMS Hood was the pride of the Royal Navy. In the autumn of 1939 she operated in the North Sea, and it was here she was attacked by Ju88 aircraft. One bomb hit HMS Hood, but it failed to explode and only caused minor damage. HMS Hood took part in the bombardment of Mers-el-Kibir on 3rd July 1940. In company with HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Hood engaged the German Battleship Bismarck and the Heavy Cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Denmark Strait, 24th May 1941. HMS Hood received several heavy hits, blew up and sank quickly after her magazine exploded. Just 3 of her crew survived. Displacement :42,100 tons, and after modifications, up to 49,140 tons. Speed 31knots, and after modifications 28 knots. Main armament: 8 x 15inch Guns, secondary armament of 12 x 5.5 inch guns.

Sunk 24th May 1941

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