H.M.S. Reference and Research Materials
Searchable Database of Movements of H.M.S. Hood
Updated 07-Mar-2010

Use this page to search for details of where Hood was on any date or period. Detailed entries from the logs are only available for a certain months - mainly World War 2. Basic details about where the ship was are held for all of Hood's life from 1920 to 1941.

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Transcription of the Log of H.M.S. Hood



Sunday 30th March 1941



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At: Sea
Sick: Not recorded
Distance through water: -
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04:02 - Altered course [to] 180°.
06:45 - Hands called to Night Action Stations.
07:10 - Fixed ship at 52° 04.4' N 021° 07.1' W .
07:43 - Secured from action stations and assumed 3rd degree of L.A. and H.A. [Low Angle and High Angle] read
08:00 - Position 51° 50' N 021° 07' W (Fix at 0710)
10:00 - "Fiji" opened out for R.I.X. [Range & Inclination Exercise]. Altered course to 160°.
10:49 - Altered course to 180°.
11:30 - R.I.X. completed.
11:33 - Altered course [to] 200°.
12:00 - Altered course [to] 180° with zig-zag no. 15. Position 50° 52' N 021° 06' W (Fix at 0710)
20:00 - Position 48° 53' N 021° 06' W (Fix at 0710)
21:00 - Rounds.