One of the great tragedies of the Second World War has been remembered with Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Paul G Allen recovering the bell from the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, which was ...

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Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Hood by the German battleship, Bismarck. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the ...

A ceremony has been held in Clydebank to mark the centenary of the launch of one of Britain's largest warships. The battlecruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 ...

IT was the pride of the Royal Navy and the most powerful warship afloat the day it slid down its slipway and entered the waters of the Clyde. Brought to life by the toil of hundreds of Clydebank ...

HMS King George V, the lead ship of the most modern British battleships commissioned during World War 2, was the pride of the ...

The bell from a sunken World War Two battle-cruiser salvaged from the seabed will go on display after months of restoration work. HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismarck on 24 May 1941 with the loss of ...

A NORTH-EAST man who was the last survivor of the stricken battle cruiser HMS Hood in the Second World War has died. Ted Briggs, who was born in Redcar, east Cleveland, died on Saturday, aged 85. He ...

In May 1941, the German Kriegsmarine launched Operation Rheinübung, a breakout into the Atlantic. The newly commissioned ...

Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Hood by the German battleship, Bismarck. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the ...