LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

HMS Hood survivor on the Bismarck as a war grave

Genre

Interview

TX Date

13 Jun 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:17

Description

One of the two remaining survivors of HMS Hood, sunk by the German warship Bismarck, says the wreck of the mammoth German vessel should be left where it lies. The Bismarck has been discovered by the US research team which found the Titanic. Ted Briggs from Hampshire, who survived a torpedeo attack on the Hood, says the war graves should be respected. Clare Carson reports. Broadcast on Ocean Sound (Portsmouth).

Contributors

Ocean Sound; Clare Carson; Ted Briggs

Keywords

Germany; Second World War (1939-1945); Warships; Ships; Memorials; War memorials; Bismarck (ship); Wreck sites; HMS Hood (ship)

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