Images from the deep: Wreck of HMS Hood

The wreck of British battleship HMS Hood has been discovered, 60 years after she was sunk in a WWII naval battle.

The ship went down with the loss of 1,415 men when she was shelled in the icy seas off Iceland by the battleship Bismarck in May 1941.

A dive team using a remotely operated vehicle has captured footage of the Hood which now lies about 3km deep off Iceland.

The bow of the Hood looms up at 3,000 metres (Photo: Channel 4)

The battlecruiser was once the pride of the British fleet (Photo: Imperial War Museum)

The once highly polished brass of the elevating section for HMS Hood's guns (Photo: Channel 4)

The German battleship Bismarck sank the Hood by shelling her deck

Ted Briggs, the only survivor still alive, is delighted with the find (Photo: Channel 4)

The ship's bell is among the artefacts found in the wreckage (Photo: Channel 4)

A Channel 4 documentary - Hunt for Hood - will be shown in August.