At 47,000 tons and 860 feet in length, HMS Hood — launched on August 22 ... On November 28, 1996, Blue Water Recoveries found the wreck with side-scanning sonar technology.

HMS Hood sunk with 1,415 men in a historical sea battle with the German battle cruiser Bismarck in 1941. The expedition has previously visited the wreck of the German ship, which was itself sunk three ...

The plaque that will be left at the wreck The explorers have one rule: "Look, but don't touch". By filming what they find on the seabed, they hope to solve the mystery of why Hood sank so fast.

but former Royal Navy commander Tom Sharpe says the chance of another group beating the US and UK to the wreck is “basically zero”. Because of the incident the Prince of Wales' visit to HMS ...

Researchers in Canada have been exploring the wreck of the ill-fated Franklin Expedition. The voyage departed from England in 1845 to chart the Northwest Passage. The BBC asked voters across the ...

a world expert in exploring the deep ocean, aims to locate Hood using a unique sidescan sonar, then solve the mystery of how she was destroyed. They will look at the wreck but will not touch it ...

Only 70 of HMS Hawke's crew survived, while more than 500 died, after it was attacked by a German U-boat in the early months of WWI. The warship, an Edgar-class cruiser first launched in 1891, was ...

In December, HMS Racehorse was heading to pick up the survivors of HMS Vigilant, that had previously foundered off the Island. The Racehorse hit rocks off the Isle of Man. Local men raced to the ...