| Admiral' class Battlecruier |
HMS Hood | | Class Overview | | Type: | Battlecruier | | Name: | Admiral | | Number of ships: | Four ordered, one commissioned | | Preceded by: | Renown-class | | Succeeded by: | G3-class | | General characteristics | | Displacement: | 45,200 tons | | Length: | 860 ft 7 in (262.3 m) | | Beam: | 104 ft 2 in (31.8 m) | | Draught: | 33 ft 1 in (10.1 m) | | Propulsion: | 4 oil turbines producing 144,000 shp | | Speed: | 31 knots | | Range: | 5,300 nmi (10,000 km) | | Complement: | 1,169 | | Armament: | 8 x 15 inch (381 mm) guns
12 x 5.5 inch (140 mm) DP guns
8 x 4 inch (102 mm) DP guns
24 x 2 pdr (40 mm) AA guns
20 x .50 (12.7 mm) cal machineguns
4 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes | | Aircraft: | 1 catapult-launched plane | The Admiral-class battlecruisers were a group of four British Royal Navy battlecruisers designed near the end of World War I. These ships were intended to counter the German Kaiserliche Marine Mackensen-class battlecruisers that were then under construction. The class was originally intended to consist of HMS Anson, Howe, Rodney, and Hood, although only the Hood entered service. After the Germans stopped working on the Mackensen class, HMS Anson, Howe, and Rodney were cancelled. The Hood was completed and later saw service in World War II. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2176x436, 59 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): HMS Hood (51) ...
Renown class battlecruiser The Renown class was a two ship class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy, and were a battlecruiser design derived from, and originally intended to be members of, the Revenge-class battleships. ...
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HMS Hood (left) and the battleship HMS Barham (right), in Malta, 1937. ...
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The Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in World War I. None of them were ever completed as shipbuilding priorities were concetrated on U-boats and destroyers. ...
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History
In 1915 the Admiralty were considering the next generation of warship to follow the Queen Elizabeth-class. The Director of Naval Construction, Sir Eustace Tennyson-d'Eyncourt, was given instructions to prepare designs for a new "fast battleship". The designs should incorporate the lessons already learned from Royal Navy vessels operating under wartime conditions; they needed a high freeboard, with secondary armament mounting clear of spray, shallow draught, make in at least 30 knots and use 15 inch guns. Flag of the Lord High Admiral The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ...
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Admiral Jellicoe changed the requirement from fast battleship to large battlecruiser since the rumoured Mackensens would outperform the current British battlecruisers.
In early 1916, the choice was between two designs by E.L. Attwood. In April 1916, the design choice was made. They would be large ships 860 feet long, displacing 36,000 tons. The narrow hull, lightly armoured with small boilers meant that she should be able to reach 32 knots. The orders for the first three were placed the same month, the fourth a while later.
- Displacement 42,100 tons
- Length: 860 feet (262 m)
- Complement: 1,341
- Armament:
- Eight 15 inch (381 mm) guns in four turrets
- Twelve single mount 5.5 inch (140 mm) guns
- Eight 4 inch (102 mm) AA guns in 4 mounts
- Two underwater torpedo tubes
The loss of British battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 led to changes in the design. These included additional armour and changes to the armament. The extra weight of the armour necessitated strengthening the hull and the keel of the first, Hood, was not laid until September 1916. The new displacement would be 42,100 tons. Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, 1724–1816 by James Northcote, painted 1784. ...
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Combatants Royal Navy (Grand Fleet) Kaiserliche Marine (High Seas Fleet) Commanders Sir John Jellicoe, Sir David Beatty Reinhard Scheer, Franz von Hipper Strength 28 battleships, 9 battlecruisers, 8 heavy cruisers, 26 light cruisers, 78 destroyers 16 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, 6 pre-dreadnoughts, 11 light cruisers, 61 torpedo-boats Casualties 6...
The non-arrival of the German Mackensens meant that there was no longer a rush to build four ships. At the same time the US was starting on the Lexington class battlecruisers (later to become the Lexington class aircraft carriers) and South Dakota class battleships in her bid to create a navy without equal. The Royal Navy needed better ships than the Admiral class and started looking forward to the G3 battlecruisers and N3 battleships. As her build was already underway the Hood was retained but the other three were cancelled. The Mackensen class was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in World War I. None of them were ever completed as shipbuilding priorities were concetrated on U-boats and destroyers. ...
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Ships in class
HMS Hood This article refers to the 1918 battlecruiser. ...
HMS Indefatigable being launched at Clydebank. ...
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HMS Anson, Howe, Rodney Laid down in 1916, construction suspended in March 1917 and cancelled in October 1918. Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson: The first Anson was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773. ...
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