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HMS HOOD
A model of the ultimate battlecruiser

This page is for a large model of the Hood. For a smaller size, please click here: HMS Hood battlecruiser.

HMS Hood was the ultimate, biggest, and boldest of all battlecruisers.  Completed in 1920, she was the forerunner of all the World War II fast warships and  had a dramatic influence on the subsequent capital ship designs of all nations.

The completed ship was quite impressive- very fast, very large and very beautiful.  Due to her extreme size, superb speed, large calibre armament and somewhat "larger than life" legend, she is often referred to (by modern day historians amd enthusiasts) as being not the last British battle cruiser, but the world's first true modern "fast battleship." Her reputation was also a key factor.  She was widely feared the world over.

HMS Hood was involved in a number of 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. She was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet following the outbreak of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

When the Spanish Civil War broke out, HMS Hood was officially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet until she had to return to Britain in 1939 for an overhaul.  By this time, advances in naval gunnery had reduced Hood's usefulness. She was scheduled to undergo a major rebuild in 1941 to correct these issues, but the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 forced the ship into service without the upgrades.

When war with Germany was declared HMS Hood was operating in the area around Iceland, and she spent the next several months hunting between Iceland and the Norwegian Sea for German commerce raiders and blockade runners. 

In May 1941, she and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen which was en route to the Atlantic where she was to attack convoys. On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood was struck by several German shells and exploded; the loss had a profound effect on the British people. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the Royal Navy to "sink the Bismarck!", and they fulfilled his command on 26–27 May.

The Royal Navy conducted two inquiries into the reasons for the ship's quick demise. The first, held very quickly after the ship's loss, concluded that Hood's aft magazine had exploded after one of Bismarck's shells penetrated the ship's armor.  A second inquiry was held after complaints were received that the first board had failed to consider alternative explanations, such as an explosion of the ship's torpedoes.  The discovery of the ship's wreck in 2001 confirmed the conclusion of both boards, although the exact reason why the magazines detonated will forever be a mystery as that area of the ship was entirely destroyed in the explosion.

This primarily wood HMS Hood model is 58" long x 15" tall x 8" wide. $7,220  Shipping and insurance in the contiguous USA included. Other places: $700 flat rate.  This model is in stock and can be shipped within 5 business days.

For a smaller model of the Hood, please click here: HMS Hood battlecruiser.

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