Hood was involved in several showing-the-flag exercises between her commissioning in 1920 and the outbreak of war in 1939, including training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea and a circumnavigation of the globe with the Special Service Squadron in 1923 and 1924.
O Hood participou nun feixe de exercicios entre a súa asignación en 1920 e o comezo da segunda guerra mundial en 1939; entre os que se inclúen exercicios de adestramento no mar Mediterráneo e unha viaxe ao redor do mundo co Special Service Squadron en 1923 e 1924.