1920 HMS HOOD British Royal Navy Battle Cruiser 40 Wood Model Military Ship
HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was the last battle cruiser built for the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1920, she was named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood. One of four Admiral-class battlecruisers ordered in mid-1916, Hood had serious design limitations, though her design was drastically revised after the Battle of Jutland and improved while she… (read more)