HMS Hood (1891)
Royal Sovereign-class battleship of the Royal Navy scuttled in Portland Harbour / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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History | |
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Name | Hood |
Namesake | |
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 |
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Length | 410 ft 5 in (125.1 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 75 ft (22.9 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) |
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Propulsion |
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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 |
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