Hood, launched in 1918 was the last battlecruiser built in Great
Britain. She was named in honor of Admiral Samuel Hood and was to be the
first of the Admiral- class battlecruisers, but further three vessels
were never completed. During the construction the design had to be
extensively modified to embody the experience of the Battle of Jutland,
which markedly exposed insufficient armor of British battlecruisers.
However not all shortcomings were eliminated, which later contributed to
the loss of the ship.