HMS HOOD Battleship [15M] – (Detail and photograph in Dive Dorset: 140 p111) & (Divers Guide; Weymouth & Portland Ed 5 p17 No. 2) – 50 34.10N; 02 25.22W. (Detail in LARN). Excellent display at Weymouth Museum. (More detail, particularly on Diver Robert J. Symonds and photographs in LePard: pages 48 & 49). Portland Museum Wreck No. 9.
HMS Hood was positioned across the Balaclava Bay Entrance, Photo Left and when scuttled she turn completely upside down, Right
References:
Jane’s Fighting Ships 1919 p61.
Ship’s of the Royal Navy (SRN) Vol. 1, p270.
Dive Dorset (DD) p85 – 86.
Day of Loss: 4
Month of Loss: 11
Year of Loss: 1914
Longitude: 50 34.10
Latitude: 02 25.22
Approximate Depth: 15