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NH 50741-KN Sinking of HMS Hood

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Title: Sinking of HMS Hood
Description: Sinking of HMS Hood Painting by J.C. Schmitz-Westerholt, depicting Hood's loss during her engagement with the German battleship Bismarck on 24 May 1941. HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground. Courtesy of the U.S. Army Chief of Military History. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 50741-KN
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