Documentary on Hood
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:56 pm
Gentlemen,
On Monday 9th Jan there was a program on BBC 4 (Freeview 9) entitled 'Clyde built, the ships that made the Commonwealth' which featured the building of HMS Hood. This is probably still available on one of the 'catch up' programs or on the BBC website.
The program featured the original ships drawings and almost step by step pictures of her construction, including the realisation that after Jutland there was a serious lack of deck armour and the plan to add a further 5000 tons. other films showed her at sea during her world cruise and it would appear rhat in any sort of sea she was a very 'wet' ship and i could not help wondering if all that extra weight
has been added whether it might have affected her stability in a really rough sea and if that extra deck armour might have saved her.
It was a very interesting documentary, did anyone else see it?
On Monday 9th Jan there was a program on BBC 4 (Freeview 9) entitled 'Clyde built, the ships that made the Commonwealth' which featured the building of HMS Hood. This is probably still available on one of the 'catch up' programs or on the BBC website.
The program featured the original ships drawings and almost step by step pictures of her construction, including the realisation that after Jutland there was a serious lack of deck armour and the plan to add a further 5000 tons. other films showed her at sea during her world cruise and it would appear rhat in any sort of sea she was a very 'wet' ship and i could not help wondering if all that extra weight
has been added whether it might have affected her stability in a really rough sea and if that extra deck armour might have saved her.
It was a very interesting documentary, did anyone else see it?