HMS Hood
Sunk
| Type | Battlecruiser |
|---|---|
| Class | Admiral |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 8 × 15″ guns in 4 twin turrets |
The largest warship in the world for twenty years. Somerville's flagship at Mers-el-Kébir. Blown up by Bismarck in the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941; three of her 1,418 crew survived.
Armament and specifications
Armament
As built
- 4 × twin 15 in (381 mm) guns
- 12 × single 5.5 in (140 mm) guns
- 4 × single 4 in (102 mm) AA guns
- 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
1941, as sunk
- 4 × twin 15 in guns
- 7 × twin 4 in AA guns
- 3 × octuple 2 pdr (40 mm) AA guns
- 4 × quadruple 0.5 in (12.7 mm) MGs
- 5 × 20-barrel "Unrotated Projectile" mounts
- 4 × 21 in torpedo tubes
Armour
- Belt: 6–12 in (152–305 mm)
- Decks: 0.75–3 in (19–76 mm)
- Barbettes: 5–12 in (127–305 mm)
- Turrets: 11–15 in (279–381 mm)
- Conning tower: 9–11 in (229–279 mm)
| Builder | John Brown & Company |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 1 September 1916 |
| Launched | 22 August 1918 |
| Commissioned | 15 May 1920 |
| Displacement | 46,680 long tons (47,430 t) (deep load) |
| Length | 860 ft 7 in (262.3 m) |
| Speed | 1920: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) 1941: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 1,433 (1919) |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
22 August 1918
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Survived
3 July 1940
Somerville's flagship
24 May 1941
Holland's flagship; three survivors of 1,418