HMS Hood, the pride of the British Royal Navy, symbolized British imperial power during the interwar years. Designed under ...

The battlecruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 August 1918. Until the commissioning of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, there had never been a ...

All three were struck by gunfire which penetrated their thin deck- and turret-armour ... Launched on 22 August 1918, HMS Hood was the 13th and final British battlecruiser. Big, fast and powerful ...

HMS Hood was the largest battlecruiser in history ... fully loaded and was armed with eight 15-inch guns in four twin turrets ...