HMS Hood (1891)

	Hood in the 1890s
History
United Kingdom
Name	Hood
Namesake	Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood; Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood;
Ordered	1889
Builder	Chatham Dockyard, England
Cost	£926,396
Laid down	12 August 1889
Launched	30 July 1891
Christened	Viscountess Hood
Commissioned	1 June 1893
Decommissioned	March 1911
Fate	Sunk as a blockship in Portland Harbour 4 November 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,780 long tons (15,020 t) (normal); 15,588 long tons (15,838 t) (deep load);
Length	410 ft 5 in (125.1 m) (o/a)
Beam	75 ft (22.9 m)
Draught	27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Installed power	11,000 ihp (8,200 kW); 8 cylindrical boilers;
Propulsion	2 Shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range	4,720 nmi (8,740 km; 5,430 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	690
Armament	2 × twin 13.5 in (340 mm) guns; 10 × single 6 in (150 mm) guns; 8 × single 6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) guns; 12 × single 3 pdr (1.9 in (47 mm)) guns; 7 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 14–18 in (356–457 mm); Bulkheads: 14–16 in (356–406 mm); Casemates: 6 in (152 mm); Conning tower: 12–14 in (305–356 mm); Deck: 2.5–3 in (64–76 mm); Gun turrets: 11–17 in (279–432 mm);

HMS Hood was a modified Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1890s. She differed from the other ships of the class in that she had cylindrical gun turrets instead of barbettes and a lower freeboard. She served most of her active career in the Mediterranean Sea, where her low freeboard was less of a disadvantage. The ship was placed in reserve in 1907 and later became the receiving ship at Queenstown, Ireland. Hood was used in the development of anti-torpedo bulges in 1913 and was scuttled in late 1914 to act as a blockship across the southern entrance of Portland Harbour after the start of World War I.

History
Hood in the 1890s
United Kingdom
Name	Hood
Namesake	Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Hood^[1]
Ordered	1889
Builder	Chatham Dockyard, England
Cost	£926,396
Laid down	12 August 1889
Launched	30 July 1891
Christened	Viscountess Hood
Commissioned	1 June 1893
Decommissioned	March 1911
Fate	Sunk as a blockship in Portland Harbour 4 November 1914
General characteristics
Class and type	Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	14,780 long tons (15,020 t) (normal) 15,588 long tons (15,838 t) (deep load)
Length	410 ft 5 in (125.1 m) (o/a)
Beam	75 ft (22.9 m)
Draught	27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
Installed power	11,000 ihp (8,200 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion	2 Shafts 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range	4,720 nmi (8,740 km; 5,430 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	690
Armament	2 × twin 13.5 in (340 mm) guns 10 × single 6 in (150 mm) guns 8 × single 6 pdr (2.2 in (57 mm)) guns 12 × single 3 pdr (1.9 in (47 mm)) guns 7 × 18 in (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline belt: 14–18 in (356–457 mm) Bulkheads: 14–16 in (356–406 mm) Casemates: 6 in (152 mm) Conning tower: 12–14 in (305–356 mm) Deck: 2.5–3 in (64–76 mm) Gun turrets: 11–17 in (279–432 mm)