The shell reached Hood's rear ammunition magazine and detonated 112 t (110 long tons) of cordite propellant.[61] The massive explosion broke the back of the ship between the main mast and the rear funnel; the forward section continued to move forward briefly before the in-rushing water caused the bow to rise into the air at a steep angle. The stern also rose as water rushed into the ripped-open compartments.[62] Schneider exclaimed "He is sinking!" over the ship's loudspeakers.[61] In only eight minutes of firing, Hood had disappeared, taking all but three of her crew of 1,419 men with her.[63]