HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built during the First World War.

The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser HMS Hood fought the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which were attempting to break out into the North Atlantic to attack Allied merchant shipping (Operation Rheinübung) through the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland.

2024年12月10日 · The HMS Hood was a British battle cruiser that was destroyed during World War II in the Battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941. Its sinking, which led to the deaths of all but 3 of a crew of 1,418, remains the single greatest loss of life in Royal Navy history.

2024年2月21日 · The HMS Hood (51), nicknamed the “Mighty Hood,” was the pride of the British Royal Navy, embodying the pinnacle of warship design in the early 20th century. With her imposing silhouette and formidable firepower, the battlecruiser was once a symbol of the Empire’s naval dominance, patrolling the high seas with an aura of invincibility.

2019年8月29日 · HMS Hood was laid down on 31 May 1916, just as the Battle of Jutland took place. The infamous loss of three British battlecruisers shook the Navy to the core, spawning outrage and requiring a thorough investigation into possible design flaws.

1941年5月24日，胡德号与威尔士亲王号战列舰一起拦截德国俾斯麦号战列舰，在随后的丹麦海峡海战中，被俾斯麦号的380毫米主炮炮弹贯穿甲板装甲，引发弹药库爆炸，舰体断裂而沉没。 [1-2] 第一次世界大战期间，1915年 英国皇家海军 获悉德国在建的马肯森级战列巡洋舰，根据第一次世界大战时的“战时应急计划”，计划1916年开工建造4艘战列巡洋舰。 当时新建的伊丽莎白女王级战列舰航速达到25节，所以新的战列巡洋舰航速要求超过30节。 原来设计方案排水量36000 …

2011年2月17日 · On the evening of 21 May 1941, battle cruisers HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales were ordered to leave Scapa Flow immediately and head for Iceland, from where they could intercept the German...

2023年7月24日 · The Battle of the Denmark Strait on May 24, 1941, was a critical moment in naval warfare history and the tragic end for HMS Hood. With the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen in sight, HMS Hood, in company with the battleship Prince of Wales, engaged the German warships in a fight that would end catastrophically for the renowned British battlecruiser.

2023年9月13日 · Eventually almost 3,000 shells of varying calibre were fired at Bismarck in a two-hour action, of which at least 400 struck home, but it was a combination of battle damage, scuttle charges and torpedoes from HMS Dorsetshire that finally finished off the battleship.

2023年8月23日 · HMS Hood, along with the brand new battleship HMS Prince of Wales (53) and six destroyers under overall command of vice-Admiral L.E. Holland, was sent to Iceland to look for Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. In the evening of May 23, both German vessels were picked up by radar aboard the heavy cruiser HMS Suffolk , patrolling in the Strait of Denmark ...