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 27th April 1941



From: -
To: -
At: Hvalfjord
Sick: Not recorded
Distance through water: -
Comments: -


01:55 - "Amazon" left harbour.
03:20 - "Aubretia" entered harbour.
06:05 - "Lancaster" and "Wells" entered harbour.
10:00 - "Montclare" entered harbour.
12:55 - Single aircraft sighted.
13:00 - H.A. armament closed up.
13:05 - Assumed 3rd degree of H.A. readiness.
17:30 - Clocks put back half an hour to zone (-½).
19:30 - Clocks put back ½ hour to G.M.T. [All times from this point forward are in Greenwich Mean Time/GMT]
21:40 - "Royal Ulsterman" entered harbour.