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[[Image:HMS_Hood.JPG|right|thumb|300px|HMS Hood photographed in the Port of Fremantle, Western Australia, 1924.]]
'''HMS ''Hood''''' was a [[battlecruiser]] in service to the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Royal Navy]] in the period between the World Wars, known as the pride of the fleet and a sailing ambassador world-wide. Her loss to the German battleship ''Bismarck'' in 1941 shocked the nation.
'''HMS ''Hood''''' was a [[battlecruiser]] in service to the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Royal Navy]] in the period between the World Wars, known as the pride of the fleet and a sailing ambassador world-wide. Her loss to the German battleship ''Bismarck'' in 1941 shocked the nation.