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HMS HOOD model

This page is for a large model of the Hood. For a smaller size, please click here: HMS Hood battleship.

HMS Hood was the ultimate, biggest, and boldest of all battlecruisers.  Completed in 1920, she was the forerunner of all the World War II fast warships and  had a dramatic influence on the subsequent capital ship designs of all nations.

The completed ship was quite impressive- very fast, very large and very beautiful. Due to her extreme size, superb speed, large caliber armament, she is often referred to as being not the last British battle cruiser, but the world's first true modern fast battleship. She was widely feared the world over.

HMS Hood was involved in a number of showing the flag exercises between her commissioning in 1920 and the outbreak of war in 1939, including training exercises in the Mediterranean Sea and a circumnavigation of the globe with the Special Service Squadron in 1923 and 1924.

When the Spanish Civil War broke out, HMS Hood was officially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet until 1939. By this time, advances in naval gunnery had reduced Hood's usefulness. She was scheduled to undergo a major rebuild in 1941 to correct these issues, but the outbreak of World War II forced the ship into service without the upgrades.

When war with Germany was declared, HMS Hood was operating in the area around Iceland, and she spent the next several months hunting between Iceland and the Norwegian Sea for German commerce raiders and blockade runners. 

In May 1941, HMS Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen which was en route to the Atlantic. On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood was struck by several German shells and exploded. The loss had a profound effect on the British people. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the Royal Navy to "sink the Bismarck!"

The Royal Navy conducted two inquiries into the reasons for the HMS Hood's quick demise. The first, held very quickly after the ship's loss, concluded that Hood's aft magazine had exploded after one of Bismarck's shells penetrated the ship's armor. A second inquiry was held after complaints were received that the first board had failed to consider alternative explanations, such as an explosion of the ship's torpedoes. The discovery of the ship's wreck in 2001 confirmed the conclusion of both boards, although the exact reason why the magazines detonated will forever be a mystery as that section of the ship was entirely destroyed in the explosion.

This primarily wood HMS Hood model is 58" long x 15" tall x 8" wide $7,220  Shipping and insurance in the contiguous USA included. Other places: $700 flat rate.  This model is in stock and can be shipped within 5 business days.

For a 29.5" model of the Hood, please click here: HMS Hood battleship.

"HMS Hood was considered one of the most beautiful warships ever built, and you've captured that beauty in you amazing model. She looks amazing!...I have never been been let down by MSM. You guys get it right everything (and I've bought or commissioned many ships) Thanks again and again, Al"

Learn more about the HMS Hood here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood