Little history moment, HMS Hood, known mostly for her ill-fated battle against the Bismark, came to Vancouver in 1924, part of a world cruise. At the time the Hood was one of the most powerful warships afloat. She combined the speed of a cruiser and the amour and guns of a battleship and was referred to as a “Battlecrusier”.
While she was in Vancouver, my Grandfather worked on her as an electrician.
This picture is from The Vancouver maritime Museum which has a excellent library and collection ( I volunteered there for 15 years) Do yourself a favour and go visit the museum, it’s a great place for kids and you can tour the St Roch, the inside is nice on a rainy day and in the summer there are events down in the harbour. Check out their main page here.
Some more pictures of the visit here.
Hi Colin, my name is Pat Bolen. I'm a freelance writer in Ontario and I'm putting together a story on the visit of the Hood to Vancouver. I'm looking for personal memories of the visit, and was wondering if your grandfather ever said or wrote anything about it.
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Sadly my Mom has passed away already and grandfather when I was 6, but I will check with my Dad. The Maritime Museum here may have some stuff on the visit.
ReplyDeleteThanks Colin, anything you have would be great. Would I be able to send you my email without it being posted?
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