The Sinking of H.M.S. Hood ==24 May 1941===Including those who previously served on her. HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1920, she was named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood . May 2016 is the 75th anniversary of Hood's sinking. 2016 is also the centenary of the Hood's keel laying.The purpose of this project is to incl...