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 Musquito (1799) HMS Musquito (1799) HMS "Musquito" (or "Mosquito") was a 12-gun schooner, previously a French privateer. The Royal Navy captured her in 1799. having just been lost to capture, the navy changed her name to "Musquito". During her brief service on the Jamaica station "Musquito" captured several merchantmen and a small armed vessel. The Navy sold her in 1802. The Royal Navy captured a privateer, possibly "Hunter", in the West Indies in 1799. At some point in May 1799, "Musquito" and captured a Spanish schooner from Port au Plat that was carrying dollars. In second-half of 1799, "Musquito" captured the French