Donald Ogilvie Eltis

Rank:O.SeamanNumber:P/JX159513
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No:Royal Navy
Name of Rgt or Ship:H.M.S. Hood
Died:24/05/1941Age:18
Country of burial:Lost at Sea
Cemetery or Memorial:Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
H.M.S. Hood was sunk at 0600hrs on the 24/05/41 in the Denmark Straight in
position 63.25N 31.55W, by the 15" guns of the German battleship Bismark -
there were only 3 survivors.   It was a battlecruiser, built between 1918 &
1920, it had a displacement of 42,100 tons and a complement of 1,350
personnel.
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