British Ships Involved
Battle Cruisers
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| HMS Hood |
| HMS Hood (Admiral Class) | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | British | |
| Type | Battle Cruiser | |
| Builder | J. Brown, Clydebank. United Kingdom | |
| Laid down | 1 September 1916 | |
| Launched | 22 august 1918 | |
| Commissioned | 5 March 1920 | |
| Fate | Sunk: 24 May 1941 off Iceland | |
| Commanders | Wilfred Tomkinson | 9 Januar 1920 - 31 March 1921 |
| Geoffrey Mackworth | 31 March 1921 - May 1923 | |
| John K. Im Thurn | May 1923 - April 1925 | |
| H.O. Reinold | April 1925 - May 1927 | |
| Wilfred French | May 1927 - May 1929 | |
| W.M. Phipps-Hornby | 17 May 1929 - 12 May 1931 | |
| J.F.C. Patterson | May 1931 - August 1932 | |
| Thomas H. Binney | August 1932 - August 1933 | |
| F.J.B. Tower | 30 August 1933 - 1935 | |
| Arthur Francis Pridham | February 1936 - 20 August 1937 | |
| Harold T.C. Walker | 20 August 1937 - January 1939 | |
| Irvine G. Glennie | May 1939 - 15 February 1941 | |
| Ralph Kerr | 15 February 1941 - 24 May 1941 | |
| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 41,125 tons (design) 42,037 tons (1931) 42,752 tons (1939) 43,360 tons (1940) |
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| Full Load | 46,880 tons (design) 48,000 tons (1931) 48,650 tons (1939) 48,360 tons (1940) |
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| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | 850.5' (259.2 m) | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 860.7' (262.3 m) | |
| Beam | 104.2' (31.7 m) over bulges 95' (28.9 m) waterline |
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| Draft | 28.5' (Avg) 33.3' (10.2 m) (Max) |
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| Armament | ||
| Main Battery | 8 x 15" (381 mm)/42 cal MkI (4x2) 2 MkII turrets forward, 2 MkII turrets aft |
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| Secondary Battery | 12 x 5.5"/50 cal BL Mk I (10x1) 2 removed August 1939 All removed 1940 |
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| AA | 4 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkIII (4x1), all removed 1939 2 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkV (2x1) 2 added 1938 (total 4) 2 removed 1939 (total 2), all above removed by 1940 8 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkXVI (4x2), added 1938 6 added 1938 (total 7) 24 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal Mk VIII (3x8) 16 x 0.50"/62 cal MG (4x4) 5 x U.P. (unrotated projectiles) (20 tubes each) added 1940 |
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| Torpedoes | 4 x 21" (533 mm) above waterline | |
| Aircraft | ||
| Fixed Wing | Catapult added aft with seaplane in 1929 refit (removed 1933) | |
| Armour | ||
| Belt | 102-305 mm | |
| Deck | 19-76 mm | |
| Bulkheads | 4"-5" (102-127 mm) | |
| Turrets | 15" (381 mm) face 11"-12" (280-305 mm) sides 11" (280 mm) rear |
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| Conning Tower | 9"-11" (228-280 mm) | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 24 Yarrow 3 drum small tube | |
| Turbines | 4 Brown-Curtis single reduction geared steam | |
| Horsepower | 144,000 shp (design) 151,280 shp (trials) |
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| Shafts | 4 | |
| Endurance | 5,950 nm at 18 knts | |
| Max Speed | 31 knts 32.07 knts (trials) |
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| Oil Bunkerage | 1,200 tons (normal) 4,000 tons (max) |
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| Complement | ||
| Usual | 1,341-1,421 | |
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