HMS Hood
Three ships of the
Royal Navy have been named
HMS Hood after members of the Hood family, which produced several notable Navy officers:
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HMS Hood (1859) - 91-gun
second-rate ship of the line, launched as
Edgar. In 1860 she was renamed to honor Admiral
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. Constructed of wood and sail-powered, she was later fitted with a steam engine. She was decommissioned in
1888.
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HMS Hood (1891) - Modified
Royal Sovereign class battleship built at
Chatham,
England, and sunk as a
blockship in
1914. She was named after the
First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir
Arthur Hood.
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HMS Hood (1918) -
Admiral class battlecruiser named after Admiral
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, built by
John Brown and Company,
Scotland. She was sunk in
1941 by the German battleship
Bismarck and heavy cruiser
Prinz Eugen in the
Battle of the Denmark Strait, only three crew members out of 1418 surviving.
