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Monday, August 10, 2015

Bell of HMS Hood Recovered

Here is an amazing story about the recovery of the bell of the HMS Hood by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.  The Hood was sunk on May 24, 1941 by the German battleship Bismark.

HMS Hood

The sinking is mentioned in Johnny Horton song Sink the Bismark:

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