Ordinary Signalman Ted Briggs, Able Seaman Robert Tilburn and Midshipman William John Dundas were the only survivors from HMS Hood's 1418 crew when it was blown up in an engagement with the battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Only Briggs and Tilburn ever told their tales.

Here, Hood's survivors explain their roles in the short battle leading to the battlecruiser's destruction, what they saw, and how they survived the detonation that sent the 47,000 ton warship to the bottom within minutes.