Photo #: NH 50741-KN (Color)
Sinking of HMS Hood
Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting Hood's
loss during her engagement with the German battleship Bismarck
on 24 May 1941. HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.
Courtesy of the U.S. Army Chief of Military History.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69724
Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941
Explosion of the British battlecruiser Hood. Smoke from
HMS Prince of Wales's gunfire is faintly visible just
to the left.
Photographed from the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.
Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with
identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach,
1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69731
Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941
British battleship Prince of Wales (smoke column in left
center) under fire from the German battleship Bismarck
and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, with smoke from the sunken
HMS Hood at right. Splashes to the right are shells from
Prince of Wales that fell well short of the German ships.
Photographed from Prinz Eugen.
Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with
identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach,
1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 69725
Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941
British battleship Prince of Wales (left smoke column)
turns to open the range, after she was hit by German gunfire.
Smoke at right marks the spot where HMS Hood had exploded
and sunk a few minutes earlier.
Photographed from the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.
Copied from the report of officers of Prinz Eugen, with
identification by her Gunnery Officer, Paul S. Schmalenbach,
1970.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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