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Ships · United Kingdom · 1920-1941

HMS Hood

battlecruiser

For two decades the largest warship in the world and a symbol of British naval power, Hood was destroyed in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941 when a shell from Bismarck penetrated her lightly armoured decks and ignited a magazine. Only three of her 1,418 crew survived.

Wikipedia

crew1,418 (at loss)
displacement43,350 tonnes (normal load), 47,430 deep load
armament8x 15in guns
top speed30 knots (32 on 1920 trials)

Battle of the Atlantic

Partial restoration (spots removed, but no levels adjustment) of a 1924 photo by Allan C. Green of HMS Hood (pennant number 51), the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. For other versions, see below.
Partial restoration (spots removed, but no levels adjustment) of a 1924 photo by Allan C. Green of HMS Hood (pennant number 51), the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. For other versions, see below.Photographer: Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 Restoration: Adam Cuerden Please credit both · Public domain · source
Explosion of HMS Hood - eyewitness sketch
Explosion of HMS Hood - eyewitness sketchCaptain JC Leach RN (d. 1941) · Public domain · source
Battlecruiser HMS Hood Photographed by Ernest Hopkins of Southsea The Royal Navy in the First World War
Battlecruiser HMS Hood Photographed by Ernest Hopkins of Southsea The Royal Navy in the First World WarErnest Hopkins · Public domain · source

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