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Line 1: − + − + − + − !colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: teal no-repeat scroll top left;"|HMS ''Hood'' photographed in the Port of Fremantle, Western Australia, 1924+ − + − !align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: teal no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career+ − !align ="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: teal no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:Royal Navy Ensign.png|48px|Royal Navy ensign]]+ − + − + − + − + − |-+ − | Laid down:+ − + − + − | Launched:+ − + − + − | Commissioned:+ − | 15 May 1920+ − |-+ − | Fate:+ − + − + − ! colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: teal;"| General characteristics+ − |- − − | 48,360 tons − |- − | Length: − − − | Beam: − | 104 ft 2 in − − | Draft: − | 33 ft 1 in − − | Speed: − | 29 knots − − − − +
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{| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="margin-left:5px"
{{Ship
|align="center" colspan="2"|[[Image:HMS_Hood.JPG|300px]]
| name=HMS ''Hood''
|-
| image=HMS_Hood.JPG
| caption=
|-
| flag-raw=[[File:Union jack.jpg|40px]] [[Image:Royal Navy Ensign.png|40px]]
| flag-caption=
| owner=Royal Navy, United Kingdom
|-
| built=John Brown & Company<br/>Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
|-
| authorized=16 November 1935
| Class:
| keellaid=1 September 1916
| ''Admiral''
| commissioned=15 May 1920
| launched=22 August 1918
| retired=
| 1 September 1916
| status=Sunk in Battle of Denmark Strait<br/>24 May 1941
|-
| type=Battlecruiser<br/>''Admiral''-class
| displ=48,360 t
| 22 August 1918
| length=860 ft 7 in
|-
| beam=104 ft 2 in
| draft=33 ft 1 in
| speed=29 knots
| test=
| armament=
| Sunk in battle, 24 May 1941
| crew=1,418 officers and men
|-
| troops=
| pass=
| Displacement:
| 860 ft 7 in
|-
|-
|-
|-
| Complement:
| 1,418 officers and men
|-
|}
|}
}}
'''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.