1918 HMS HOOD The largest capital ship in the world when she was built, HMS Hood was sunk with heavy loss of life while engaging the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in May 1941.
1916 REPULSE With her sister-ship the Renown, Repulse was another attempt to realise the elusive 30 knot/30,000 ton capital ship, foregoing armour and substituting more powerful machinery, rely ing on speed for protection.
1916-1945 HMS Renown at war A long career in
Her Majestys service. Constructed very quickly indeed at the behest of the First Sea Lord, the formidable Jackie Fisher (she was begun on 25 January 1915 and entered service in September of the following year) HMS Renown and her sister-ship Repulse...
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