Tandon, Sept. 17
When an enemy shell exploded the magazine and sank the 42000-ton British battle-cruiser H.M.S. Hood in a battle on May 24, with the German battleship Bismarck—she, survived only three days before British warships sent her to the bottom—1418 men of the Hood became casualties: all missing are presumed killed."
Their names occupy 43 pages of an Admiralty casualty list, consisting of 94 officers, 1,152 ratings, 161 Royal Marines, four Australian Navy ratings and seven members of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute, Four Polish midshipmen end 90 British boys (ratings and marines) are included in the list.
Among the officers lost was Vice-Admiral Lancelot Ernest Holland, the noted gunnery expert, aged 53. He has been described as one of the most outstanding officers of his generation. Also lost was Captain Ralph Kerr, who commanded the Hood.
Among the three survivors, who Were, picked, up, was midshipman Dundas, aged 17, who was making his first voyage—Reuter.
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