Pride of the British fleet during the interwar period, HMS Hood still holds the record for longest vessel to be commissioned in the Royal Navy. He was in the bombing of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir in 1940. The following year she participated in the hunt for the Bismark, exploding after being hit. Only three sailors were rescued.
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