




胡德號戰鬥巡洋艦(英文:HMS Hood ,舷號:51),是英國建造的最後一艘戰鬥巡洋艦,是英國皇家海軍歷史上第4艘以「胡德」(Hood)命名的軍艦,屬於海軍上將級戰鬥巡洋艦。該艦在戰爭緊急應對法案(Emergency War Programme)之下的1916年下令建造。儘管經過了日德蘭海戰的教訓之後,英國人大量修改了設計方案,但英國人清楚由於艦種造成的限制是修改設計方案無法改變的。由於這個原因,胡德號的姊妹艦在1917年被停止建造隨後取消,這導致胡德號為英國皇家海軍建造完成的最後一艘戰鬥巡洋艦。她的名字是由18世紀英國海軍上將塞繆爾·胡德命名的。

1941年5月24日,胡德號與威爾斯親王號戰艦一起攔截德國俾斯麥號戰艦,在丹麥海峽追蹤到俾斯麥號。在隨後的丹麥海峽海戰中,胡德號與德艦交火6分鐘後,胡德號上的指揮官霍蘭中將下令本艦轉向以便從側射發揚全部火力,然而就在此時,被俾斯麥號的380毫米主炮炮彈貫穿甲板裝甲,引發彈藥庫爆炸,艦體斷裂迅速沉沒。
HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1920, she was named after the 18th-century Admiral Samuel Hood. One of four Admiral-class battlecruisers ordered in mid-1916, Hood had serious design limitations, though her design was drastically revised after the Battle of Jutland and improved while she was under construction. For this reason she was the only ship of her class to be completed.
As one of the largest and, ostensibly, the most powerful warships in the world, Hood was the pride of the Royal Navy and, carrying immense prestige, was known as ‘The Mighty Hood’.![]()





