HMS Hood (1891)

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
July 30, 1891
Keel Laid:
August 17, 1889
Commissioned:
June 1, 1893
Fate:
Sunk as blockship Nov. 4, 1914 at Portland harbor Portland, England (50.34.10N - 02.25.22W).
The wreck is still there.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
410' 1"
Engines:
2 three cylinder triple expansion
Beam:
74' 8"
Boilers:
Coal fired
Draft:
27' 5"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
14,190 std. / 15,580 full
SHP:
9,000
Speed:
15 knots
Crew:
712
Range:
N/A


Armament
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
4
13.5"/30 (343mm)
2 twin turrets
12,620 yards @ 13.5° (7.1 miles)
with a 1,250 lb. shell
10
6"/40 (152mm)
single mounts
10,000 yards @ 15° (5.6 miles)
with a 100 lb. HE shell
10
2.2"/40 (57mm)
single mounts
8,700 yards @ 45° (4.9 miles)
with a 6 lb. HE shell
12
1.8"/40 (47mm)
single mounts
7,900 yards @ 45° (4.4 miles)
with a 3.3 lb. HE shell

6
18" (450mm)
torpedo tubes
4 surface
2 submerged
800 yards @ 26.5 knots
118 lb. wet gun-cotton warhead
*Armaments include changes, not all weapons mounted simultaneously.


Builder's Data
Page published Jan. 30, 2007