List of ships called HMS Hood - wikipedia List of ships called HMS Hood Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hood after several members of the Hood family, who were notable Navy officers : HMS Hood ( 1859 ) was a 91 - gun second - rate ship of the line, originally laid down as HMS Edgar, but renamed in 1848 and launched in 1859. She was used for harbour service from 1872 and was sold in 1888. HMS Hood ( 1891 ) was a modified Royal Sovereign - class battleship launched in 1891 and sunk as a blockship in 1914. HMS Hood ( 51 ) was an Admiral - class battlecruiser launched in 1918 and sunk in 1941 by the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait. list of ships with the same or similar names This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_ships_called_HMS_Hood&oldid=760291019 '' Categories : Set indices on ships Royal Navy ship names Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2017 Use British English from January 2017 Articles with short description All set index articles Talk About Wikipedia Čeština Deutsch Español Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano 日本 語 Norsk Polski Slovenčina Slovenščina Svenska Tiếng Việt 5 more Edit links This page was last edited on 16 January 2017, at 02 : 38 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: how many hms hood's have there been
Answer: Three