'The Mighty Hood': navy, empire, war at sea and the British national imagination, 1920-60
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2003
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Journal Article
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history; naval history; royal navy; second world war; maritime history; warfare
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History
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English
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103-438-159
(Last edited on
2007/10/28 08:47:19 GMT-6)
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This article explores the structures of cultural perception and response surrounding one of the most celebrated ships of the modern Royal Navy, the battle-cruiser HMS Hood (launched 1918, sunk 1941) and what they reveal about British attitudes to the Navy, the Empire and the sea, conceptions of war at sea and of the technology of naval warfare, and the significance of the themes of heroism, tragedy and nostalgia in constructing the image of the Hood in the national imagination during and after the Second World War. The article considers what it meant for a warship to become a national symbol in twentieth-century Great Britain, and the ways in which the themes of Navy, Empire and maritime power which have been of such significance in British ideas of nationhood have become embedded in aspects of the image and reality of this particular vessel. Particular attention is paid to the 'Empire Cruise' which took HMS Hood around the world in 1923-4, the circumstances of the loss of Hood in 1941 and contemporary reactions to it, and the aftermath of the loss and the enduring significance of HMS Hood during a period of imperial retreat and national insecurity.
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