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• ship
• sydney
• hood
• sunk
• bismarck
• sydneyharbour
• warship
• rn
• royalnavy
• battlecruiser
• hmshood
• hoodcollection
• samueljhoodcollection
• battleofthedenmarkstrait
• britishspecialservicesquadron
• hmshood51
• admiralclass
• sunkbybismarck
• bldigital
• pubplacelondon
• publicdomain
• large
• mechanicalcurator
• sherlocknet:tag=name

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• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 3 photos & illustrations
• British Library 2 photos & illustrations

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HM Ships REPULSE and HOOD in Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• jamica1 said:

  April 1924? www.hmshood.org.uk/database/portAt.php

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  jamica1 Thanks for the link to the ship's logs jamica1, what a resource! You are correct, this was taken in April 1924.

• beachcomber australia said:

  From North Head with a zoom lens, or a low-flying biplane. Mr Hood seemed to like being high up.

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] The spread on the light show is brilliant. It would have been amazing to see. beachcomber australia thanks for that info! So it must be them entering Sydney on 9 April then.

HMS HOOD in Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• beachcomber australia said:

  Seconds earlier than -

HMS HOOD near Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour

from Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

• 3 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  From Cremorne Point, or a low-flying biplane?

• beachcomber australia said:

  No, Mr Hood must have been stationary to do this photo too -

• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:

  beachcomber australia I've often been confused and amazed as to how Hood managed to take the photographs he did. For e.g.
  

• beachcomber australia said:

  Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons There is a pale-coloured block with a tower on Cremorne Point (still there). Maybe Mr Hood was up there for these pics?

• beachcomber australia said:

  Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons ps I have been been meaning to ask how do you get Flickr to do thumbnail-sized link thingys?

British Library digitised image from page 33 of "Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea: ... with celebrated voyages, amusing tales ... and ... anecdotes. Illustrated with ... engravings ... Edited by J. L. No. 1-59"

from British Library

• chico945 said:

  The successful bombardment secured the release of 1,000 Christian slaves in the city.