Battlecruiser or fast battleship? What do you think? HMS Hood born like BC, but...Much is made of the fact that she was designed before Jutland and the “lessons of Jutland”. What came out of the redesign work was, in effect, no longer a Battlecruiser at all, but a true (very) fast battleship. In the 1900–1920 era, a “battleship” devoted about 30–35% of its tonnage to armour: a “battlecruiser” would only be 20–25%, trading protection (and sometimes a little armament - British BCs often had one tu

HMS Hood was the largest warship in the world when it was commissioned in 1920 and held this title for 20 years. At over 860 feet long and with a displacement of more than 42,000 tons, it was a symbol of British imperial power throughout the interwar period. A symbol of power: Nicknamed "The Mighty Hood," the battlecruiser was a prominent symbol of the Royal Navy and its strength around the world. A unique class: It was the only ship of the Admiral-class battlecruisers to be completed, as the ot