Daily Mail: Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen leads expedition aboard his luxury yacht to recover the bell of legendary British warship HMS Hood 74-years after she was sunk in the mid-Atlantic
* Bell of HMS Hood finally been recovered from depths of the North Atlantic
* Follows expedition led by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen
* Bell will now be shown at National Museum of Royal Navy in Portsmouth
The bell of HMS Hood has finally been recovered from the depths of the North Atlantic and will be put on public display following a successful expedition led by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Allen, said to be worth some £11.5bn ($17.8bn), deployed his luxury 414ft luxury yacht Octopus and a custom-built submersible for the successful removal of the artefact, which lay near the wreck of the battlecruiser at a depth of 2,800m (9,200ft).
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More News On The Recovery Of The Bell From The HMS Hood
Recovered HMS Hood bell to go on display in Portsmouth museum -- BBC
Bell recovered from battleship HMS Hood sunk by Bismarck in 1941 -- The Guardian
HMS Hood's bell recovered from seabed by Microsoft co-founder -- Telegraph
Bell of Sunken WWII Battlecruiser HMS Hood Recovered From Ocean Floor -- USNI
Bell of HMS Hood recovered from seabed after 74 years -- Portsmouth News
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