Photos & Graphics of H.M.S. Hood
The Higginson Photo Collection
Updated 12-Apr-2022

The following photographs were sent in to the site by Jim Higginson. They are from the collection of his father, Marine James Roland Higginson who served in Hood from May 1937 to May 1939. The photos are all from 1937 and 1938, when Hood was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet. There are a wide variety of shots of the ship, her crew plus other ships and various ports of call.

Important Notice: These photos may not be republished or reposted elsewhere in any format without the express permission of the Higginson family.

Jim Higginson in February 1937

Above- Hood in Bigli Bay

Above- A few of the boys (Jim at far right)

Above- Christmas Day in either 1937 or 1938

Above- German seamen with the German Vice-Consul looking around the ship. These men are believed to be from the Deutschland.

Above- "This is our gun crew. The officer at the back is the Marine Officer of the battery. His name is Rainey, his father is a big financier, he's got tons of money. When we close up for gunnery we don't close up in white belt etc but whatever is the oldest suit or overalls." Jim is on the extreme left.

Above- Hood leaving Grand Harbour, Malta. She is preparing to stream a paravane.

Above- Hood in the Mediterranean

Above- Hood (right) and London (left) at the Coronation Review of King George VI, May 1937

Above- Coronation Review, 1937. H.M.S. Repulse is to the right.

Above- Royal Canadian Mounties aboard Hood for the Coronation Review, May 1937

Above- H.M.S. Repulse astern of Hood

Above- Hood fires a broadside.

Above- Slewing trials