HMS Hood (pennant number 51) 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.

2024年12月10日 · The HMS Hood was a British battle cruiser that was destroyed during World War II in the Battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941. Its sinking, which led to the deaths of all but 3 of a crew of 1,418, remains the single greatest loss of life in Royal Navy history.

2024年2月21日 · The HMS Hood was laid down in September 1916 at the John Brown & Company shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland, as a response to the growing naval arms race. A blend of ambition and necessity, the aim was to create a battlecruiser that could outmatch her rivals in both speed and firepower.

2019年8月29日 · After her commission in 15 May 1920, HMS Hood assumed the role of flagship of the Battlecruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, under command of Rear Admiral Sir Roger Keyes. Her first cruise was in Scandinavian waters under Captain Geoffrey Mackworth.

2023年7月24日 · With the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen in sight, HMS Hood, in company with the battleship Prince of Wales, engaged the German warships in a fight that would end catastrophically for the renowned British battlecruiser.

2021年5月24日 · HMS Hood was revered as the world’s most powerful warship for more than 20 years – earning its nickname ‘The Mighty Hood’. Yet in May 1941, during the battle of the Denmark Strait in the North Atlantic, it was struck near its ammunition magazines by shells from the German battleship Bismarck.

Hood was the biggest battlecruiser ever built, the largest warship in the world throughout her career and the largest RN warship ever commissioned until the recent entry into service of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. She was an icon of British might and global influence between the World Wars.

2023年9月13日 · Today’s images, from the Imperial War Museum collection, show battlecruiser HMS Hood at speed in heavy seas around 1940 (© IWM HU 76081) and Bismarck, pictured from Prinz Eugen, in the North Sea in May 1941, just days before her destruction © IWM HU 374).

2024年2月26日 · HMS Hood was the Royal Navy’s Battlecruiser. She held the title of the world’s largest warship for two decades after being commissioned, with her prestige reflected in the nickname ‘The Mighty Hood.’ With her twin funnels and a lean profile, she was one of the finest-looking warships at that time.

2024年5月26日 · In just 10 minutes of fire and thunder, the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, pride of the Royal Navy, was ripped apart by the guns of the German battleship Bismarck and disappeared beneath the waves of the North Atlantic.