‘DUTY BEFORE HONOUR’ HMS HOOD and Mers-El-Kebir

BNRA member Rob White's film narrated by Martin Muncaster. The tragic events surrounding the Royal Navy’s shelling of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir in July 1940. Eyewitness testimony from veterans on both sides of this catastrophe, aimed at stopping French warships from falling into the hands of Nazi Germany. WW2, Royal Navy, Maritime History. HMS Hood.Vice Admiral Somerville. Released with kind permission of Maritime Films UK.