Launched on 22 August 1918, HMS Hood was the 13th and final British battlecruiser ... Five months later, Bismarck's design was complete. She was launched on 14 February 1939.

For twenty years, HMS Hood, the lead ship of her class of four planned battlecruisers, was the largest warship in the world. Sadly, her demise was a tragedy that shook ...

The end design became the largest and most powerful ... World War II battlecruiser HMS Hood had a hull length of 860 ft 7 in (262.3 m), a displacement of 47,430 tons, and packed a main armament ...