The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders (GS) SQN341 501 Squadron Hurricanes by Ivan

501 Squadron Hurricanes by Ivan Berryman

however with a lack of major refits in this time the second world war found the Hood unprepared for a major battle

thus ending an illustrious combat career comprising 550 combat missions and 57 aerial victories

while their accompanying destroyers remained to pick up survivors among them HMS Express which can be seen off HMS Repulse starboard quarter

Royal Troon by Fraser Shaw (P) Original painting by Fraser Shaw

The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders (GS) SQN341 501 Squadron Hurricanes by IvanDHM1347GS. The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders. A splendid little war was how John Hay, ambassador to Britain, described the Spanish American war of 1898. Though the war was small in scope it was large in consequences; it promoted the regeneration of the American Navy and the emergence of the United States as a major world power. Fought primarily at sea, the war created an American naval legend in its opening encounter between the pacific