HMS Hood
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hood after members of the Hood family, which produced several notable Navy officers:
- HMS Hood (1859) - 91-gun second-rate ship of the line, launched as Edgar. In 1860 she was renamed to honor Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. Constructed of wood and sail-powered, she was later fitted with a steam engine. She was decommissioned in 1888.
- HMS Hood (1891) - Modified Royal Sovereign class battleship built at Chatham, England, and sunk as a blockship in 1914. She was named after the First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Arthur Hood.
- HMS Hood (1918) - Admiral class battlecruiser named after Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, built by John Brown and Company, Scotland. She was sunk in 1941 by the German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, only three crew members out of 1418 surviving.
