In front of me going up the escalator this morning
was a smartly suited young man clutching a briefcase in his hand, nothing
different in that I hear you say? The reason I noticed him was for the pair of bright
orange waterproof overshoes he was wearing.
Seems every time to we turn on the TV and scan down
through the menu to find something to watch in the eveing, there will always be
at least one programmes about one of the two world wars. Last night was no
different. The programme was bout the sinking of the Hood. She was supposed to
be invincible.
HMS
Hood was the last battle cruiser built for the Royal Navy. Commissioned in
1920, she was named after the 18th century Admiral Samuel Hood. Hood operated in World War II and was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck
in 1941
The
programme set out to find out once and for all why this apparently invincible
ship sank within minutes of being attacked by the German warship Bismarck. It
seems that it wss a lucky, or unlucky shot that punched though light decking and
down into one of Hood’s magazines. Of the 81 officers and 1244 men
aboard only three survived. It
is thought that the explosion caused a huge fireball that would have very very
rapidly spread thought out the ship.
It was quote moving to watch the ROV dive
on the wreck site and see personal effects like shoes and gasmasks strewn
across the seabed.
Update on The Man, he’s still not right, and at
least this week off, if not next too. Depends on how well he feels after the
weekend.
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