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| 2042 | CHESNEAU, Roger. Hood: Life and Death of a Battlecruiser. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cassell, 2002. ISBN: 0304359807.
A good if undemanding mix of technical data and narrative popular history. |
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| 2043 | COLES, Alan, & BRIGGS, Ted. Flagship Hood: The Fate of Britain's Mightiest Warship. xii, 269p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Hale, 1985. ISBN: 0709020244.
A quite excellent biography of the ship, in two halves. Coles gives a conventional operational history to the start of the war, while Briggs, one of the three survivors of the sinking, gives a personal view of the 1939–41 period. Concentrates on the problems. |
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| 2044 | GEARY, Stanley. HMS Hood. 38p., illus. London: Rolls House, [1942].
A brief, illustrated history and tribute to the officers and men of the Hood, in aid of the RNVR and RND Associations War Comforts Fund. The first published work after her loss. |
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| 2045 | HAY, Ian. Singapore Repulsed: The Battle Cruiser Repulse. xx, 230p., illus. Bishop Auckland: Pentland, 1998. ISBN: 1858215420.
The autobiography of a Glaswegian Ordinary Seaman. He trained at Ganges then joined Cornwall for seatime before going to Repulse just before war broke out. He was member of A Turret gun crew at the time of the sinking. He later served in the North Atlantic in Vansittart. A rather disjointed account concerned to exonerate Phillips and blame the Foreign Office and the War Cabinet for the disaster of Force Z. |
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| 2046 | HOYT, Edwin P. The Life and Death of HMS Hood. vii, 144p., bibliog., illus. London: Barker, 1977; New York: Stein & Day, 1980.ISBN: 0213166623. A good but limited account of the career of this well-loved ship. US title: Sunk by the Bismarck, The Life and Death of the Battleship HMS Hood (ISBN: 0880292199). Reprinted with its US title in 1988 by the Military Heritage Press. |
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| 2047 | KENCHINGTON, Bee. …And Home There's No Returning. Letters of Lieutenant John M. Iago RNVR, Written from HMS Hood to His Family, 23rd September 1939 – 4th May 1941. Edited with Notes by His Sister Bee Kinchington. xi, 109p., illus., index. Fleet Hargate: Arcturus, 2004. ISBN: 0907322875.
He spent almost his entire war as an engineer in Hood and these sixty-seven letters home reflect the quiet ordinariness of routine in a big ship. |
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| 2048 | MATTHEWS, Alan. Sailors' Tales: Life Onboard H.M.S. Repulse During World War II. 221, [xxi]p., bibliog., illus. Wrexham: author, 1997. ISBN: 0953121704. Six seamen and marines recall their war service, linked by being on Repulse. The book is dominated by the sinking and the subsequent fate of these survivors. |
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| 2049 | NORMAN, Andrew. HMS Hood: Pride of the Royal Navy. xvi, 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Staplehurst: Spellmount, 2002. ISBN: 081170789X. Some interesting recollections precede an account of her last sortie and the controversial conclusion that her loss was due to a shell from Prinz Eugen dropping directly down the funnel. |
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| 2050 | NORTHCOTT, Maurice. Hood: Design and Construction (Ensign Special). 61p., illus. London: Bivouac Books, 1975. ISBN: 0856800090.
This is an excellent and well illustrated technical description. Reprinted by Arms & Armour in 1981 as no. 6 in the Man o' War series. (ISBN: 0853681457). |
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| 2051 | NORTHCOTT, Maurice. Renown and Repulse (Ensign 8). 48p., illus. London: Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., 1978. ISBN: 0900913126.
An illustrated technical history. |
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| 2052 | ROBERTS, John. The Battlecruiser Hood (Anatomy of the Ship). 96p., illus. Greenwich: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1982. ISBN: 0851772501.
One of the best reference books on the ship. This takes the ship apart in hundreds of fine line drawings. |
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| 2053 | ROBERTSON, R. G. HMS Hood/Battlecruiser 1916–1941 (Profile Warship 19). 145–172pp., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1971.
Really her operational history in WWII. |
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| 2054 | SMITH, Peter C. British Battle Cruisers. 80p., illus. London: Almark, 1972. ISBN: 0855240830.
A brief account of the development and service history of these ships in two world wars. Fully illustrated. |
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| 2055 | SMITH, Peter C. Hit First, Hit Hard: The Story of HMS Renown 1916–48. 335p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1979. ISBN: 0718302060.
Continues his defence of the worth of the capital ship. Renown was one of the hardest worked capital ships and saw service from Norway to Force H and from Arctic convoys to the East Indies Fleet. Republished as The Battle-Cruiser HMS Renown in 2008 by Pen & Sword (ISBN: 1844157458). |
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| 2056 | TAVERNER, Nixie. Hood's Legacy. 286p., illus., index. Bramber: Bernard Durnford, 2001. ISBN: 0953567044.
The story of the Hood Association to which is added a whole series of reminiscences of life aboard her. |
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| 2057 | TAYLOR, Bruce. The Battlecruiser HMS Hood: An Illustrated Biography 1916-1941. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Chatham, 2004. ISBN: 186176216X.
Possibly the definitive work on this iconic vessel. |
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| 2058 | TAYLOR, Bruce. The End of Glory: War & Peace in HMS Hood 1916-1941. 256p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth; Annapolis, NIP, 2012. ISBN: 9781848321397.
Appears to be an updated version of his 2004 work on Hood. |
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| 2059 | HMS Howe 1944–45. 74p., illus. [Durban: n.p., 1946].
A record of her commission, which is a mixture of articles, poems, cartoons, and newspaper accounts. |
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| 2060 | BALLANTYNE, Iain. H.M.S. Rodney (Warships of the Royal Navy.) xvi, 304p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2008. ISBN: 1844154068. A well illustrated popular general operational history full of the reminiscences of those who served on her. Reissued in paperback in 2012 as HMS Rodney: Slayer of the Bismarck and D-Day Saviour (ISBN: 1848848706). |
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| 2061 | BALLANTYNE, Iain. Warspite (Warships of the Royal Navy.) 224p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Cooper, 2001. ISBN: 0850527791.
A very well illustrated popular general history concentrating on the seventh of name. |
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