BRICKSHIPS
BRICKSHIPS
HMS Hood
Details about the model:
Length: 54.5 cm (21.5in)
Width: 7.5 cm (3in)
Height: 11.9 cm (4.7in)
Scale: 1:485
Total parts: 1'324
Features poseable turrets and gun barrels
The price includes all the necessary LEGO® parts (in new condition) to build the model as well as the instructions, which will come in form of a PDF-file.
About the ship's history:
The HMS Hood was the first and only ever constructed battlecruiser of the Admiral-class and was for the longest time the largest warship in the world, earning her the nickname "The Mighty Hood".
The Hood was laid down on 1 September 1916, launched on 22 August 1918 and commissioned on 15 May 1920. Shortly after her commissioning she became flagship of the Battlecruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet. The interwar period was mostly uneventful in terms of combat. The Hood set out on a world cruise to the dominions, set sail for the Mediterranean twice and changed captain multiple times. On 1 May 1929 to 10 March 1931 the Hood received a major refit and two smaller ones on 31 May 1932 and 1 August 1935. The Hood was to receive an extensive modernization in 1939, where she would have been upgraded with improved propulsion, more armour, additional secondary and AA guns as well as a catapult. With the outbreak of the Second World War however, the ship was brought back into the active fleet before the modernization was finished.
After protecting convoys and escorting the British submarine Spearfish, Hood once more received a small refit, which upgraded her propulsion as the old one was in such dire shape that the ship's maximum speed was decreased by more than five knots. After that the Hood participated in Operation Catapult in which French ships in the port of Oran were to be destroyed to prevent them from falling into the Axis hands after they had just invaded France. At this time the ship would have been in much need of an extensive overhaul as the ship was in a rather poor condition, but the threat of German capital ships prevented this until there were more King-George-V class battleships available.
When British reconnaissance found out about Bismarck and Prinz Eugen heading for the Atlantic they sent out Hood and the newly commissioned battleship Prince of Wales to intercept the two German ships at Denmark Strait. They two fleets encountered each other on 24. May 1941 at 5:37 in the morning. The Hood and Prince of Wales opened fire at 5:52, Hood shooting at Prinz Eugen and Prince of Wales shooting at Bismarck. Just before 6:00 as Hood was turning to port, one or more shells of the Bismarck's 5th salvo hit the Hood just below the main mast, penetrated the deck armour and detonated in the ammunition magazine. A giant explosion ripped the Hood in two pieces, both of them sinking within minutes after the detonation. All but three of the 1'418 men on board lost their lives.
The wreck of the Hood was discovered in 2001 and was officially designated a "war grave" by the British government in 2002.
HMS Hood
Details about the model:
Length: 54.5 cm (21.5in)
Width: 7.5 cm (3in)
Height: 11.9 cm (4.7in)
Scale: 1:485
Total parts: 1'324
Features poseable turrets and gun barrels
The price includes all the necessary LEGO® parts (in new condition) to build the model as well as the instructions, which will come in form of a PDF-file.
About the ship's history:
The HMS Hood was the first and only ever constructed battlecruiser of the Admiral-class and was for the longest time the largest warship in the world, earning her the nickname "The Mighty Hood".
The Hood was laid down on 1 September 1916, launched on 22 August 1918 and commissioned on 15 May 1920. Shortly after her commissioning she became flagship of the Battlecruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet. The interwar period was mostly uneventful in terms of combat. The Hood set out on a world cruise to the dominions, set sail for the Mediterranean twice and changed captain multiple times. On 1 May 1929 to 10 March 1931 the Hood received a major refit and two smaller ones on 31 May 1932 and 1 August 1935. The Hood was to receive an extensive modernization in 1939, where she would have been upgraded with improved propulsion, more armour, additional secondary and AA guns as well as a catapult. With the outbreak of the Second World War however, the ship was brought back into the active fleet before the modernization was finished.
After protecting convoys and escorting the British submarine Spearfish, Hood once more received a small refit, which upgraded her propulsion as the old one was in such dire shape that the ship's maximum speed was decreased by more than five knots. After that the Hood participated in Operation Catapult in which French ships in the port of Oran were to be destroyed to prevent them from falling into the Axis hands after they had just invaded France. At this time the ship would have been in much need of an extensive overhaul as the ship was in a rather poor condition, but the threat of German capital ships prevented this until there were more King-George-V class battleships available.
When British reconnaissance found out about Bismarck and Prinz Eugen heading for the Atlantic they sent out Hood and the newly commissioned battleship Prince of Wales to intercept the two German ships at Denmark Strait. They two fleets encountered each other on 24. May 1941 at 5:37 in the morning. The Hood and Prince of Wales opened fire at 5:52, Hood shooting at Prinz Eugen and Prince of Wales shooting at Bismarck. Just before 6:00 as Hood was turning to port, one or more shells of the Bismarck's 5th salvo hit the Hood just below the main mast, penetrated the deck armour and detonated in the ammunition magazine. A giant explosion ripped the Hood in two pieces, both of them sinking within minutes after the detonation. All but three of the 1'418 men on board lost their lives.
The wreck of the Hood was discovered in 2001 and was officially designated a "war grave" by the British government in 2002.
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