from the ; its magazines exploded and the ship sank in minutes with a loss of over 1,400 lives. The bell was located but not recovered, due to adverse weather conditions. On August 7, 2015 it was announced that the bell from HMS Hood had been recovered by the ROV operating from Octopus. After conservation, the bell was put on display in 2016 at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth. In March 2015, an Allen-led research team announced that it had found the Japanese battleship in the Sibuyan Sea off the coast of the Philippines. Armed with main guns and displacing at full load, Musashi'' and its sister ship were the largest and most heavily armed battleships in naval history. Allen died in 2018. From December 2018 to July 2019, the yacht underwent a refit at Blohm+Voss and was advertised for sale in September 2019 with an asking price of €295 million. The asking price was later reduced to €235 million and the yacht was sold to an anonymous buyer in 2021. Later on, the buyer was announced by insideryachtfan.com to be the Swedish "pharma billionaire" Roger Samuelsson. References Sources Further reading External links PDF file from 2004 containing 53 Octopus photos and the ship's detailed statistical data'' Gallery of 21 Octopus photos from 2010 Octopus: il megayacht ha lasciato Genova USS Indianapolis Wreckage Found Motor yachts Ships built in Bremen (state) 2003 ships Ships built in Kiel