On February 25, 1991, towards the end of the Gulf War, an Iraqi shore battery fired a Silkworm anti-ship missile in the direction of the allied naval task group
For twenty years, HMS
Hood, the lead ship of her class of four planned battlecruisers, was the largest warship in the world. Sadly, her demise was a tragedy that shook the Royal Navy for decades and was the end of an era.
For twenty years, HMS
Hood, the lead ship of her class of four planned battlecruisers, was the largest warship in the world. Sadly, her demise was a tragedy that shook the Royal Navy for decades and was the end of an era.
HMS Hood, a History
Construction on her began during the First War, yet she wasn t commissioned until 1920 – by which time the other planned ships of her class were canceled, yet her prestige was so great it was reflected in the nickname, The Mighty Hood.
A NEW headmaster is set to take the reins at a Hereford school this year after the current head announced he would be stepping down after 16 years at the helm. Dr Michael Gray, of Harrow School, was chosen from more than 50 candidates to succeed Paul Smith as headmaster of Hereford Cathedral School. Kings College graduate Dr Gray taught at Halliford School in Shepperton and St Edward’s School, Oxford, before joining Harrow in 2013 as head of politics. He later became academic and universities director before taking up his appointment as director of studies in 2019 with overall responsibility for all academic matters at Harrow.