The meeting of Bismarck and HMS Hood in 1941 ended with the destruction of the two battleships and the loss of 3500 lives. The Bismarck had only been on the seas for six days, and within minutes of the battle had sunk the Hood, which went down in just three-and-a-half minutes. In retaliaton the British sent every available ship and plane to destroy Bismarck. Only nine days after she first set sail she was destroyed.
Tying into a major Channel 4 series, "Hood and Bismarck" follows the expedition to find Hood that is the climax of six years' painstaking detective work and planning by David Mearns and his team at Blue Water Recoveries. Using unique footage of Hood and Bismarck collected from this expedition, Hood and Bismarck seeks to provide some of the first answers to questions that have fired controversial debate ever since 1941: Was Hood's rapid sinking the result of her thin deck armour, leaving her vulnerable to plunging shells? Was Bismarck really sunk by torpedoes or did these only hasten the scuttling that had already been put in motion? Drawing on unique evidence uncovered by the expedition, with analysis from naval historian Dr Eric Grove and warship expert Bill Jurens, "Hood and Bismarck" seeks to shed new light on the cataclysmic demise of two of the last great capital ships.
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