num_pages: 128
description: HMS Hood Built during the First World War, the battlecruiser Hood was the largest, fastest and one of the most handsome capital ships in the world. Early on in her career she was employed on several international assignments as a representative of the British Empire, culminating in 'showing the flag' on a grand scale in the world cruise of 1923-24. She thus became one of the most recognisable symbols of the Royal Navy; her destruction by Bismarck in 1941 was received with shocked disbelief throughout the country.
language: English
title: The Battlecruiser Hood
titlecomplete: The Battlecruiser Hood
genres: World War II
ratings_count: 22
series: Anatomy of the Ship
publisher: Conway Maritime Press