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



Monday 28th April 1941



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


06:35 - "Norfolk" entered harbour.
08:15 - "Echo" and "Active" entered harbour.
08:30 - Hands employed Parts of Ship.
09:00 - "Suffolk" entered harbour.
09:25 - "California" entered harbour.
13:05 - "Anthony" cast off [from] starboard side.
13:15 - "Scimitar" cast off. Hands employed Parts of Ship.
14:15 - "Picotee" [difficult to read], "Royal Ulsterman" and "Wells" left harbour.
15:00 - "Montclare" left harbour. "Malcolm" entered harbour.
16:00 - "Norfolk" left harbour.
17:05 - Oiler "Athel Empress" secured alongside starboard side.
17:15 - "Malcolm" secured alongside oiler.
17:35 - "Scimitar" secured alongside "Malcolm".
18:00 - "Suffolk" left harbour.
19:20 - "Scimitar" and "Malcolm" cast off from starboard side.
20:50 - "Athel Empress" cast off from starboard side.
21:36 - Weighed anchor. Course and speed as requisite for leaving harbour.
23:11 - Altered course [to] 260°.
23:31 - Altered course [to] 280° to avoid trawler.
23:39 - Resumed course 260°.