The modern aircraft carrier is the equivalent of a ... Their most iconic battleship, HMS Hood, was the envy of the world during the interwar years. Most other navies assumed Hood, like the other ...

The battle-cruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 August 1918. Until the commissioning of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, there had never been a ...

Before the rise of aircraft carriers ... (as the Bismarck received aid from the Prinz Eugen in the sinking of HMS Hood). This North Carolina-class battlewagon also inflicted fatal damage on ...