H.M.S. Hood
51
1941
(Neptun 1110)
- Class: Hood - 1 battlecruiser of 1918
- Displacement: 42,100 tons
- Dimensions: 810 (pp) 860.5 (oa) x 105.25 x 28.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 144,000 = 31 knots
- Armor: belt 5-6 in. (fwd), 5-12 in. (amid), 6 in. (aft), decks 1.5-2 in. (fwd) 1.25-3 in. (amid), 3-3.75 in. (aft), turrets 11-15 in., C.T. 11-9 in.
- Armament: 8-15 in. (4x2), 14-4 in. A.A. (7x2), 24-2 pdr. A.A. (3x8) guns
- Complement: 1,341
- Builder: J. Brown, Clydebank
- Laid Down: 1 Sep 1916
- Launched: 22 Aug 1918
- Commissioned: 5 Mar 1920
- Service: Home fleet 1939-41. Sunk by the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark Strait, 24 May 1941.
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