Turret
battleship Hood. HMS Hood was of the same general design of the Royal
Sovereign Class. Her service was carried out in the Mediterranean until
1904 when she went into the Fleet Reserve at Devonport. From February 1907
until 1910 she was part of the Home Fleet Commissioned Reserve before
becoming a receiving ship at Queenstown in 1910 with the
removal of her 6 in guns. From 1911 to 1914 she was used as a target and
fitted with the first experimental bulges, eventually sunk as a blockship
in the south channel Portland Harbour on 4th November 1914.
Displacement: 14,150 tons. Horse power:
13,000. Length: 380 ft. Beam: 75ft. Draught:
27' 6". Armament: Four 67 ton guns, ten 6 in guns,
ten 6 pounder gun and twelve 3 pounder quick firers, and has a partial
composite belt 17 ins thick. Speed 17.5 knots. Complement:
730.
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HMS Hood of the Mediterranean Squadron
1893
The Hood is a steel first-class battleship of the Naval Defence Act
Programme, and was completed for sea in 1893. She was built at Chatham
Dockyard and engined by Messrs. Humphreys & Tennant.
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Photograph of the Hood's target after taking eleven hits, HMS Hood
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HMS Hood recovering the fragments of the target. |
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HMS Hood.
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HMS Hood sunk as breakwater, Portland, June 1938.
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The Mediterranean Squadron under the Command of Sir
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I am trying to find any info regarding a
H.M.S HOOD
circa 1890s , Not sure which country it was from but I have a copper dish
which
has the ships badge showing an Anchor behind a standing bird .Under
this
badge is the date 1889 or 1859 and the name H.M.S HOOD .Any help would be
great
thanks regards Justin email at kirsty@bettanet.net.au
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