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.

Collection 4 - Various Ports of Call

Above- Barcelona, Spain as seen from aboard Hood

Above- The Statue of Columbus pointing to America. Barcelona was the port from which he sailed for the New World.

Above- Palm Beach, Cannes, France

Above- Looking across the town (Corfu, Greece)

Above- 220 hurdles (Hood men racing at Corrodina)

Above- One of the handsome indigenous inhabitants of the Rock of Gibraltar

Above- The Sea Front, Palma de Majorca

Above- Going ashore (Marseilles, France)

Above- Marseilles from the ship with the cathedral in the distance

Above- A postcard from Monte Carlo, France

Above- English Hotel, Nice, France

Above- Split, Yugoslavia

Above- The Harbour at Bastia, Corsica, May 1938. In the background, you can see the Church of Saint John Baptist.

Above- Carnival at Valleta, Malta