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  1. Há 2 dias · The intercepting forces met in the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland on the morning of May 24th. At 5:52 AM, the Hood and Prince of Wales, under the command of Vice-Admiral Lancelot Holland, opened fire at a range of about 13 miles, with the Germans immediately returning fire. What happened next was a shocking disaster for the British.

  2. Há 4 dias · Conducted by the Rev Terence Handley MacMath, it was the 75th commemoration service for the Second World War tragedy that took the lives of local warship commander Vice Admiral Lancelot Holland and 1,414 crew, with just three survivors after shelling by German battlership Bismarck, in turn sunk with greater loss of life days later.

  3. Há 1 dia · Holland decided his range was close enough, and began to turn, bringing all eight of Hood’s 15-inch guns to bear. But it was too late. Just after 6:00 a.m., the Bismarck delivered a fatal plunging shell directly into Hood’s aft magazine. The battleship exploded, splitting in two and sinking in minutes.

  4. Há 1 dia · Le Bismarck est un cuirassé allemand mis en service en août 1940 . Construit par le chantier naval Blohm & Voss de Hambourg entre juillet 1936 et février 1939, il est le premier cuirassé de la classe Bismarck. Construit pour la Kriegsmarine sous le Troisième Reich, il est, avec son navire-jumeau le Tirpitz, le plus grand navire de guerre ...

  5. Há 6 dias · From Lancelot Holland, who was, at this time, developing the land between Westminster and Waterloo Bridges for the Archbishop of Canterbury, the governors acquired a building lease of a plot of ground with 100 foot frontage on the east side of York Road. The new building was designed by Henry Harrison and cost about £3,000.

  6. 21 de mai. de 2024 · The Middleton Cheney and District Branch of the Royal British Legion in collaboration with the Parish Council will stage a Parade and Sunset Ceremony to commemorate the WW2 loss in the battle of HMS Hood and Vice-Admiral Lancelot Holland.

  7. 21 de mai. de 2024 · Lancelot, one of the greatest knights in Arthurian romance; he was the lover of Arthur’s queen, Guinevere, and was the father of the pure knight Sir Galahad.