PAYING OFF CREWS: TRUE STORY OF HOOD “MUTINY” CANARD Some of the 1341 men who formed the complement of H.M.S. Hood, flagship of the Battle-Cruser Squadron. This scene at the ship’s side shows a paying-off parade at Portsmouth Dockyard preparatory to recommissioning with a Portsmouth crew. Rumours of unrest among the Hood’s new crew have been denied by the Admiralty and explained -as arising from a mock pirate raid, conducted as part of naval exercises.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19632, 28 October 1933, Page 14
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75PAYING OFF CREWS: TRUE STORY OF HOOD “MUTINY” CANARD Some of the 1341 men who formed the complement of H.M.S. Hood, flagship of the Battle-Cruser Squadron. This scene at the ship’s side shows a paying-off parade at Portsmouth Dockyard preparatory to recommissioning with a Portsmouth crew. Rumours of unrest among the Hood’s new crew have been denied by the Admiralty and explained -as arising from a mock pirate raid, conducted as part of naval exercises. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19632, 28 October 1933, Page 14
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