Duty Before Honour – HMS ‘Hood’ – Mers-el-Kébir, 1940

Duty Before Honour – HMS ‘Hood’ – Mers-el-Kébir, 1940

Client: The HMS Hood Association

Brief & Synopsis: The tragic events of the Royal Navy's attack on the French fleet at anchor in July 1940.

Duration: 29:53

Director/Camera/Edit: Rob White/Andy Jones with Andy Poulastides

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About Rob

Rob WhiteRob is a TV producer, reporter and camera operator with 30 years’ experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITN, in news, factual and documentary production. He is a four times award winner, whose awards include a coveted Royal Television Society award for his work on Channel 4 News. His association with The Maritime Foundation goes back to 1995, when he won the first Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award for a series of reports that led to a major documentary on the loss of the bulk carrier Derbyshire.

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