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Thursday, 24 July 2025

British battleship HMS Hood 1889-1914

Trafalgar-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Hood. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.comCenturion-class. 

Royal Sovereign-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Centurion-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Royal Sovereign-class preceded by Trafalgar-class succeeded by Centurion-class. Designed by Director of Naval Construction Sir William Henry White 2 February 1845 Plymouth, England-27 February 1913 London, England). In fact an enlarged and modified Admiral-class design. Ordered in 1889. Laid down by Chatham Dockyard On 12 August 1889, launched on 30 July 1891, commissioned on 1 June 1893, decommissioned in March 1911 and sunk as a blockship in Portland Harbour on 4 November 1914. 

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