HMS Hood
Service
- as Hood15 May 1920 — 24 May 1941631 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Hood
- Namesake
- Admiral Samuel Hood
- Builder
- John Brown & Company, Clydebank
- Ordered
- 7 April 1916
- Laid down
- 1 September 1916
- Launched
- 22 August 1918
- Commissioned
- 15 May 1920
- Fate
- Sunk during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 46,680 long tons (47,429 t)
- Length
- 262.13 m (860 ft)
- Beam
- 31.7 m (104 ft)
- Draught
- 9.75 m (32 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Range
- 5,332 nmi (9,875 km)
- Complement
- 1,433
- Main gun
- 381 mm (15 in)
HMS Hood was a Admiral-class battlecruiser, operated by the Royal Navy. The ship was named after Admiral Samuel Hood. Her keel was laid at John Brown & Company, Clydebank on 1 September 1916. Launched on 22 August 1918, she entered service on 15 May 1920.
She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the Courageous-class battlecruiser and was succeeded by the G3 battlecruiser (cancelled).
She displaced 46,680 long tons. She measured 262.1 m (860 ft) long with a beam of 31.7 m (104 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,433.
Her main battery was eight 381 mm (15 in) guns in four twin mountings. 144,000 shp drove four shafts.
She was in commission for 631 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 24 May 1941, at 7°56′S 14°24′W. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 shafts; 4 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 24 Yarrow boilers
- 144000 shp
- Armament
- As built:
- 4 × twin 15 in guns
- 12 × single 5.5 in guns
- 4 × single 4 in AA guns
- 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- 1941, as sunk:
- 4 × twin 15 in guns
- 7 × twin 4 in AA guns
- 3 × octuple 2 pdr (40 mm) AA guns
- 4 × quadruple 0.5 in MGs
- 5 × 20-barrel "Unrotated Projectile" mounts
- 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 6 - 12 in
- Decks: 0.75 - 3 in
- Barbettes: 5 - 12 in
- Turrets: 11 - 15 in
- Conning tower: 9 - 11 in
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Hood on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Photographer: Allan C. Green 1878 - 1954 Restoration: Adam Cuerden Please credit both — State Library of Victoria — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons