HMS Hood on the side of the bell that reads "In accordance with the wishes of Lady Hood it was presented in memory of her husband to HMS Hood battle cruiser the ship she launched 22nd August 1918." In addition to the two inscriptions, the bell still wears vivid royal blue paint work on its crown as well as its interior. Some relics from the time of "Hood"s sinking still exist. A large fragment of the wooden transom from one of "Hood"s boats was washed up in Norway after her loss and is preserved in the National Maritime Museum in London. A
HMS Galgo (1799) HMS Galgo (1799) HMS "Galgo" was a Spanish corvette, launched in 1795, that the British captured in November 1799. In her brief career she detained, took or destroyed a number of small prizes before she foundered, with the loss of most of her crew, in October 1800. In autumn 1799, a convoy that consisted of vessels from England and Cork, sailed to Jamaica under escort by the frigate and the sloop . The convoy was negotiating the Mona Passage and was 10 or 12 leagues south-west of Puerto Rico on the morning of 15 November when it encountered a small