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1920 HMS HOOD British Royal Navy Battle Cruiser 40 Wood Model Military Ship

1920 HMS HOOD British Royal Navy Battle Cruiser 40 Wood Model Military Ship

HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was the last battle cruiser built for the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1920, she was named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood. One of four Admiral-class battlecruisers ordered in mid-1916, Hood had serious design limitations, though her design was drastically revised after the Battle of Jutland and improved while she… (read more)

ORIGINAL LARGE FORMAT H. M. S. HOOD PHOTO-DOOMED WARSHIP

ORIGINAL LARGE FORMAT H. M. S. HOOD PHOTO-DOOMED WARSHIP

BIG FOTO VERY NICE GLOSSY IMAGE. 8 1/4 X 6 INCHES. WARTIME ORIGINAL VERY CRISP DETAILS. SHOWING THE ILL-FATED HOOD BEFORE SHE WAS SUNK. CAPTION AND OTHER MARKS ON REVERSE. LIKELY BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER. CONDITION VERY GOOD NO SILVERING OR LIFTING. ONE CORNER AND A COUPLE SMALL SURFACE CRACKS. NOT DETRACTIVE AND SLIGHT CURLING. Note… (read more)

HMS Hood 1941 Neptun 1/1250 metal waterline model

HMS Hood 1941 Neptun 1/1250 metal waterline model

This is a 1/1250 scale metal waterline model of the battlecruiser H. Hood, manufactured in Germany by Neptun, Catalog No. I have customized this model by rebuilding the masts from scratch using brass and steel wire, and drilling out the portholes for sharper relief. Model is 8.25 inches (21 cm) long, and will be carefully… (read more)