British battlecruiser HMS Hood

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The British battlecruiser HMS Hood was the Royal Navy’s largest and most famous warship of its time, renowned as the “Mighty Hood” until its dramatic sinking by the German battleship Bismarck in 1941.

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HMS Hood 15
British battlecruiser HMS Hood canonical 2
HMS Hood (1918 battlecruiser) 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Admiral-class battlecruiser ⓘ
Royal Navy warship ⓘ
armamentMain 8 × 15-inch (381 mm) guns ⓘ
armamentSecondary 4-inch anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
5.5-inch guns ⓘ
armourBelt up to 12 inches ⓘ
armourDeck up to 3 inches ⓘ
beam 31.8 metres ⓘ
builder John Brown & Company ⓘ
callSign Pennant number 51 ⓘ
casualties over 1,400 killed ⓘ
commissioned 15 May 1920 ⓘ
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplementWartime about 1,400 officers and men ⓘ
dateOfSinking 24 May 1941 ⓘ
decommissioned 24 May 1941 ⓘ
designedAs battlecruiser ⓘ
designInfluencedBy lessons from the Battle of Jutland ⓘ
displacementFullLoad about 46,680 long tons ⓘ
displacementStandard about 42,100 long tons ⓘ
draught 9.8 metres ⓘ
fate Sunk in battle ⓘ
laidDown 1 September 1916 ⓘ
launched 22 August 1918 ⓘ
length 262.3 metres ⓘ
locationOfSinking Denmark Strait, North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Denmark Strait
maximumSpeed about 31 knots ⓘ
mediaDepiction subject of numerous books and documentaries ⓘ
memorialStatus designated a war grave ⓘ
namedAfter Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood ⓘ
linked to: Admiral Samuel Hood
nickname Mighty Hood ⓘ
notableEvent shadowed German battleship Bismarck in May 1941 ⓘ
world cruise with Special Service Squadron 1923–1924 ⓘ
notableFor being the largest warship in the world when commissioned ⓘ
symbol of British naval power between the wars ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
pennantNumber 51 ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
role fast capital ship ⓘ
serviceEntryEra interwar period ⓘ
shipClass Admiral class ⓘ
shipyard Clydebank, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Clydebank
statusAtTime flagship of the Battle Cruiser Squadron ⓘ
sunkBy German battleship Bismarck ⓘ
sunkIn Battle of the Denmark Strait ⓘ
survivors 3 crew members ⓘ
wreckDiscovered 8 July 2001 ⓘ
wreckLocation about 2,800 metres depth in the Denmark Strait ⓘ

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German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen → engaged → British battlecruiser HMS Hood ⓘ
Operation Rheinübung → involvesShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Battle of the Denmark Strait → involves → British battlecruiser HMS Hood ⓘ
Battle of the Denmark Strait → flagship → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Battle of the Denmark Strait → BritishShipSunk → HMS Hood ⓘ
linked to: British battlecruiser HMS Hood
Bismarck → engagedShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
linked to: British battlecruiser HMS Hood
Bismarck → sankShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
linked to: British battlecruiser HMS Hood
German battleship Bismarck → sankShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
linked to: British battlecruiser HMS Hood
Royal Navy battleships → notableExample → HMS Hood ⓘ
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John Brown & Company → notableWork → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Force H → notableShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Battle of Mers-el-Kébir → involvedShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
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British Home Fleet → notableShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Lancelot Holland → commanded → HMS Hood ⓘ
linked to: British battlecruiser HMS Hood
Royal Navy warships → notableShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Royal Navy cruisers → notableShip → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Hood family → hasNamesake → HMS Hood ⓘ
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Hood family → hasNamesake → HMS Hood (1918 battlecruiser) ⓘ
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Mighty Hood → hasSubject → HMS Hood (51) ⓘ
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