HMS Hood (51)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Hood
- Type
- Battlecruiser
- Class
- Admiral-class battlecruiser
- Pennant Number
- 51
- Launched
- 1918
- Built at
- John Brown & Company
- Commissioned
- 1920
- Armament
- 8 × 15-inch guns
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Battlecruiser
- Notable for
- Largest battlecruiser in the world
- Fate
- Sunk in 1941
- Status
- Lost
HMS Hood was the only completed Admiral-class battlecruiser and became a symbol of British naval power before her loss in 1941.