>In a message dated 5/12/2003 6:40:29 AM Central Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>> Not that one, unfortunately!  The WW11 HMS Hood is in 2,800 metres off
the
>> coast of Greenland.
>> http://www.hmshood.com/hoodtoday/2001expedition/hood/index.html
>> However her namesake from WW1 is in 14 metres at Portland Harbour in the
>> English Channel.  And notoriously difficult to locate. ;-)
>Hello Huw,
>Thank you for clarifying that for me. I KNEW approximately where the HMS
HOOD
>went down but I just thought it was Andy being funny. I never knew about
the
>first HMS HOOD. You taught me something today to get my morning off to a
>great start.
>As far as the July trip thanks for the offer but since I didn't know about
it
>in advance I can't make that trip because of other trips I've committed to
>already.
>Please keep me informed about what and when other trips are going and I'll
>try to make some of them.
>Ray
Ray, it's a bit of an ongoing joke; the Hood is directly inbetween two
harbour walls and could be found blindfolded by an average novice - but one
of Huw's buddies has failed to find it on more than one occasion :-)
Cheers....

Andy Johnson
Senior Product Support Specialist
UK Hardware Front Office
Basingstoke AL1C
Tel: 01256 34 1490 (Hunting Group 24hr)
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