[rmlew]

HMS was actually hit twice. And unlike the Hood, which was 22 years old and in dire need of a refit and upgrade, HMS Daring is brand new.
And yes, only 3 crewmen of HMS Hood survived. Naming a battlecruiser after an admiral who died, when his battlecruiser was sunk at Jutland was inauspicious, only slightly less so than naming said battlecruiser "Invincible."

[sergeantdave]

I saw your tagline: “Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.”

Your part about minerats and bayonets leads me to this short story:

I picked up a great knife from Pakistan a few weeks ago, and I was surprised by the workmanship. The edge was honed well, the steel was annealed properly and the weight was great. I consider it close in workmanship and quality to the Texas Bowie knife.

There’s a few pits in the steel toward the hilt, but I figure the blacksmith was in a hurry to avoid detection.(He’s probably firing gun barrels, too.) Nonetheless, I’m noticing some great quality knives coming out of Pakistan. These boys know what they’re doing.

[Oztrich Boy]

Naming a battlecruiser after an admiral who died, when his battlecruiser was sunk at Jutland was inauspicious

HMS Hood was laid down before Jutland, and named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724-1816) one of the Royal Navy's best Admirals during the Napoleonic Wars and the earlier American colony unpleasantness. He correctly called Comte De Grasse's intentions before Fort Royal and if he had been the ranking admiral in the Americas, you might be drinking tea and eating kippers to this day.

Jutland's Hood was his descendant.