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Sunk by the Bismarck : The Life & Death of the Battleship HMS Hood
Sunk by the Bismarck : The Life & Death of the Battleship HMS Hood
Author: Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Condition: Good
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Sunk by the Bismarck: The Life & Death of the Battleship HMS Hood by Edwin Palmer Hoyt narrates the career of HMS Hood—built in 1920—tracing her peacetime service and her survival into World War II before her catastrophic destruction by the German battleship Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941. Hoyt places the loss of Hood within the wider hunt for Bismarck, exploring capital-ship warfare, gunnery duels at sea, the tactical and design vulnerabilities of battlecruisers versus battleships, and the sinking’s impact on British public morale and Royal Navy strategy.
This naval-history volume functions as a single-ship and campaign narrative covering the Atlantic and North Atlantic theatres, with detailed treatment of the Hunt for the Bismarck and the Denmark Strait action; principal actors include the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine and ships such as HMS Hood, Bismarck and Prinz Eugen, alongside leaders like Admiral Günther Lütjens and Captain Ernst Lindemann. The book emphasizes Hood’s design, service record and the causes of her loss (armor, magazine explosion and gunnery factors), offers contextual discussion of interwar and early-WWII capital-ship doctrine, and is published by Stein and Day (ISBN13: 9780812827309).
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Title: Sunk by the Bismarck: The Life and Death of the Battleship HMS Hood
Author: Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Publisher: Stein and Day
Type of book
Naval history
Campaign / battle history
Single-ship history (HMS Hood)
World War II maritime narrative
Theater(s) of war covered
Atlantic theater
North Atlantic sea war
Operations / actions / campaigns
Hunt for the Bismarck
Battle of the Denmark Strait (24 May 1941)
Main nations and sides involved
United Kingdom (Royal Navy)
Germany (Kriegsmarine)
Allies vs. Axis naval engagement
Focus of the book
HMS Hood – design, peacetime service, and World War II service
German battleship Bismarck – construction, deployment, breakout into the Atlantic
Capital ship warfare and gunnery duels at sea
Strategic importance of surface raiders in the Atlantic
Branches of service
Royal Navy
Kriegsmarine (German Navy)
Ships / classes (weapons and vehicles central to the book)
Battlecruiser HMS Hood (Admiral-class battlecruiser)
Battleship Bismarck
German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen (participant in Denmark Strait action)
Famous leaders and historical figures featured
Admiral Günther Lütjens (Bismarck task force commander)
Captain Ernst Lindemann (commanding officer, Bismarck)
Content and format characteristics
Historical narrative of a single ship’s career (HMS Hood)
Detailed account of the sinking of Hood by Bismarck
Contextual discussion of interwar and early-WWII capital ship doctrine
Descriptive subject keywords
World War II naval warfare
Capital ship engagements
Surface raider operations
North Atlantic convoy war context
Ship design and vulnerability (battlecruiser vs battleship)
Loss of HMS Hood – causes and analysis (magazine explosion, armor, gunnery factors as treated by the author)
British public reaction and morale after Hood’s loss
Royal Navy determination to “sink the Bismarck”
Book Condition: Good
Book Condition: Good
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