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The Mighty HOOD<br />
20 x 30 Oil on Canvas<br />
RICHARD ALLISON<br />
For over two decades the British battle cruiser HMS HOOD was the largest warship in the world. However, because she was designed during the<br />
First World War on the antiquated <strong>con</strong>cept of sacrificing armor protection for speed, she was outclassed by 1941. Called upon to combat a vessel<br />
20 years more modern in the form of the German battleship BISMARCK, the HOOD was sunk after an engagement lasting only six minutes. Of a<br />
crew of 1,419, there were only three survivors.<br />
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