34 NAVY NEWS, NOVEMBER 2008
Farewell to
men of Hood
THE DARK morning of May 24 1941 During a cruise to Iceland and Greenland
has been recalled in a moving memo-
on the Fred Olsen’s cruise ship Boudicca,
rial in the Denmark Strait and in a sad
Mr Dowdell mentioned his interest to mili-
farewell at a funeral ceremony at HMS
tary historian Hugh Davies who was lectur-
ing on the voyage.
Collingwood in Fareham.
Once the ship’s master Capt Bjarne Bahne
Ted Briggs, the last of only three survi-
Larsen heard this information, he decided to
vors of the dreadful sinking of the battle-
divert his ship 60 nautical miles to the exact
cruiser HMS Hood, died from pneumonia
spot where HMS Hood went down.
aged 85 on October 5.
Capt Larsen himself led a memorial cer-
Family, friends and members of the HMS
emony on board his ship, with a period of
Hood Association were joined by many
two-minute silence observed by all pas-
serving sailors at the service at St George’s sengers and ship’s company on board the
Church in the Naval establishment, which cruise ship.
was led by Chaplain of the Fleet The Ven Mr Dowdell said: “When we left on the
John Green. cruise we intended to drop three flowers
He said: “He was a living link with naval into the sea near the spot where my father
history in a way that mere words can’t be, died on behalf of my two sisters, Iris and
and he will continue to be part of that living Barbara, and myself.
history even though he may no longer be “As it turned out, I was able to drop a
with us in the flesh.”
wreath on the actual spot where the ship
Weeks earlier a cruise ship from Newcastle
went down.
altered course to allow one of its guests to
“This made it a truly memorable trip.”
pay tribute to his father.
As a memento of the day, Mr Dowdell
John Dowdell was only five years old
was given a nautical chart showing the ship’s
when he lost his father, one of the 1,415
diversion from its scheduled route to the
men who died when the ship sank after a
spot where HMS Hood was lost.
fateful encounter with the German battle- ● (Right) The funeral of Ted Briggs at
ship Bismarck. HMS Collingwood in Fareham
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