HMS Hood

HMS Hood was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built during the First World War. She was already under construction when the Battle of Jutland occurred in mid-1916, and that battle revealed serious flaws in her design; with drastic revisions, she was completed four years later. For this reason, she was the only ship of her class to be completed, as the Admiralty decided it would be better to start with a clean design on succeeding battlecruisers, leading to the never-built G-3 class. Despite the appearance of newer and more modern ships, Hood remained the largest warship in the world for 20 years after her commissioning, and her prestige was reflected in her nickname, "The Mighty Hood".

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1920 — 1941 Website,  Wikimedia, Wikidata
51; The Mighty Hood
mass 42000 tonne, beam 31.7 metre, length 262.2 metre, draft 8.9 metre, speed 32 knot, 12 BL 5.5 inch Mk I gun, .50 Vickers, QF 2 pounder gun, torpedo tube, Unrotated Projectile, 8 BL 15 inch Mk I naval gun, 4 QF 4 inch Mk V gun, British 21 inch torpedo, QF 4 inch Mk XVI gun, 
Admiral-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser, shipwreck, John Brown & Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 

• Dreadnought Project page^@
• Wrecksite page^@
• Drachinifel page^@ HMS Hood - Origins of a Legend
• naval-history.net page^@
• NavWeaps page^@ The Loss of HMS Hood: A Re-Examination
• uboat.net page^@
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Location: 63.3333, -31.8333, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1920 — 1941 HMS Hood

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Attack on Mers-el-Kébir

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ship launching

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shipwrecking

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order

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sinking

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ship commissioning

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keel laying

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Frameless

HMS Hood a battleship in World War 2 sunk by the Bismarck

Aerial view of H.M.S. Hood 1924 Sydney

Hoods bell at the National Museum of the Royal Navy - Portsmouth

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		Wrecksite page@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@	HMS Hood - Origins of a Legend	Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page@		Wikidata
link	page		NavWeaps page@	The Loss of HMS Hood: A Re-Examination	Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1920	HMS Hood	shipwreck, Admiral-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Hood a battleship in World War 2 sunk by the Bismarck		Commons
commons	image		Aerial view of H.M.S. Hood 1924 Sydney		Commons
commons	image		Hoods bell at the National Museum of the Royal Navy - Portsmouth		Commons