TO DIE in a hospital bed was not the end Ted Briggs expected. He thought he had copped it when, at 16 and on Atlantic patrols on HMS Hood in 1939, he looked up to see a black object “as big as a ...

Ted Briggs, 85, was one of only three of 1,418 crew that survived the sinking during the Battle of the Denmark Strait. Mr Briggs, from Fareham in Hampshire, passed away at the Queen Alexandra Hospital ...

LONDON – Ted Briggs, the last survivor of the World War II sinking of British battle cruiser HMS Hood, has died. He was 85. He died Saturday in a hospital in Portsmouth, England, said HMS Hood ...

APPOMATTOX, Va. — Ted “Teddy” Brian Briggs, 55, of Appomattox, Virginia, passed away on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, at UVA Medical Center. He was born on May 10, 1970, in Warren, to William E. “Bill” ...

At the age of 12, in 1935, Ted Briggs saw the great battlecruiser HMS Hood at anchor off the river Tees. He volunteered for the Royal Navy the next day - only to be told to come back when he was 15.

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LONDON (AP) Ted Briggs, the last survivor of the World War II sinking of British battle cruiser HMS Hood, has died. He was 85. By sharing a fond memory or writing a kind tribute, you will be providing ...