Looking south from Stanley Point showing HMS Hood in the Waitematā Harbour
1924 (Henry Winkelmann) - 2022
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1924 image: Henry Winkelmann | Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1-W0441
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Hood, a Royal Navy battlecruiser, was visiting Auckland as flagship of the Special Service Squadron. She was sunk in the World War II Battle of the Denmark Strait while engaging the German ships Bismarck and Prinz Eugen.
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