May 24th 2021 will mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Denmark Strait. During this action HMS Hood was lost along with 1,415 of her gallant crew.
The HMS Hood Association is planning to ‘Shine a Light’ on this commemoration day by asking Association members and friends to light a candle and remember one of the lost crew. The Association is inviting you to join them to make this a truly memorable occasion.
The name of HMS Hood is one that is unique amongst warships: her reputation and fame exceed any other ship from her time, and her catastrophic loss was a devastating blow for Britain and her Allies. But her loss was felt especially by the families of those who were lost in the sinking, for whom it was a tragedy. The aim of the Association is to highlight and to mark the sacrifice of those men, each one an individual whose loss was sorely felt. Hood’s ship’s company on 24th May 1941 were largely young men, from all parts of the world.
As part of the up and coming commemorations the HMS Hood Association has just commissioned two commemorative films that will look at Hood’s legacy. One will reflect two of our key aims as an Association: to remember the young men who were lost; and to support naval youth of today. The second film will look back at Hood’s first encounter of WW2 at Mers-el-Kébir. The Association still retain close links with l’association des anciens marins et familles de Mers-el-Kébir which commemorates the French sailors lost in that tragedy.
Both films will be made freely available to all their members, associated groups and the general public. Details can be found at www.hmshood.org.uk
Please help the Association to spread the word about the men lost in Hood by Shining a Light on 24th May this year.
