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October 5th, 2008

For Argyll tribute to Ted Briggs, last survivor of the sinking of HMS Hood, mentions Furnace’s Peter MacIntyre

Sunday, 5th October, 2008 | Community News, People | None

Ted Briggs has died. He was the last of the three men who were the only survivors from the 1,418 men aboard the Hood when she was sunk in short order by the Bismarck in 1941 in the Denmark Strait.
In paying tribute to Mr Briggs and recalling the epic story of the Hood and the [...]