Fonthill Media have released a new book onto the market on HMS Hood and titled 'Pride of the Royal Navy'. This book is authored by Daniel Knowles.

For over twenty years, HMS Hood toured the world as the most iconic warship in the Royal Navy. Unmatched in her beauty and charisma, Hood is one of history’s greatest warships. During the twilight years of the British Empire, Hood toured the world showing the flag as a symbol of British power. As the Royal Navy’s show-ship, Hood came to command a special place in the hearts and minds of the British public. Such was the regard for the Hood that her annihilation on the morning of 24 May 1941 by the German battleship Bismarck created dismay across the world. Within minutes of entering battle, ‘the Mighty Hood’ as she was affectionately known, was destroyed by a catastrophic explosion, which had echoes of Jutland a quarter of a century earlier. Out of a crew of a crew of 1,418, only three survived. The sinking of HMS Hood was the single largest disaster ever sustained by the Royal Navy. HMS Hood: Pride of the Royal Navy charts the life and death of this legendary battle cruiser in both peace and war from her early origins, through the interwar years, to her destruction.

About the author

Born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1995, Daniel Knowles has been interested in history from a young age. The main focus of his historical interest is the Second World War. In July 2016, he graduated with an Honours degree in History and Politics from the University of Northumbria. His university dissertation was written on the changing perceptions to the wartime role played by RAF Bomber Command. Knowles’ first book for Fonthill Media was the critically acclaimed Tirpitz: The Life and Death of Germany’s Last Great Battleship (ISBN 978-1-78155-669-6) (2018).