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the yachtsmen and the mighty hood 217 The loss of Hood, with 1415 of her crew, stunned the English speaking world and sent a shockwave throughout the RN. In the days that followed every resource available to the Admiralty, including the Australian destroyer HMAS Nestor, was committed to the hunt for the Bismarck which, having successfully detached Prinz Eugen during the evening of 24 May, was steaming independently for Brest to carry out repairs. Over the next two days Bismarck was hounded by a navy intent on revenge. On the evening of 26 May she was crippled by torpedo bombers from HMS Ark Royal and with her steering gear jammed and speed reduced it became obvious to Lütjens that it was only a matter of time before the battleships of the British home fleet would overhaul her and close in for the kill. Bismarck’s end came on the morning of 27 May when the battleships HMS Rodney and HMS King George V were directed to the stricken battleship by the Norfolk. At 0847 they opened fire and by 1015 Bismarck had been reduced to a blazing wreck. Scuttling charges were fired by her crew and a torpedo attack from the cruiser Dorsetshire delivered the coup de grace, causing Bismarck to heel over and sink at 1040. In 2001 Hood’s wreck was discovered by renowned shipwreck investigator David Mearns. A commemorative plaque was placed on it recording the names of all who were lost in her. Among these were the names of John Shannon, Ian Startup, George Hall and David Hall, four of the young Australian yachtsmen who answered Britain’s call in her hour of need. Notes 1 Square bashing is a naval and military term used to describe parade ground training and marching. 2 RG Robertson, ‘HMS Hood/Battle-Cruiser 1916-1941’, Warships in Profile, vol. 2, Profile Publications, Windsor, Berkshire, 1973. 3 Naval Staff History, Second World War, Battle Summary no. 5: The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck, Admiralty, London, 1948, p. 1. 4 Naval Staff History, Second World War, p. 2. 5 Alan Coles and Ted Briggs, Flagship Hood: The Fate of Britain’s Mightiest Warship, Robert Hale, London, 1996, p. 199. 6 Coles, Flagship Hood, pp. 204-5.
218 australian maritime issues 2009: spc-a annual The former Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon, pictured underneath one of the four SPY-1D(V) arrays destined for HMAS Hobart (III) at Lockheed Martin’s Production Test Facility (Defence)
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