8/16/2023 0 Comments Pre dreadnought ships![]() ![]() Late in that year, Hood was sunk as a block ship to fill a hole in the Portland Harbour breakwater. The ship was placed on the sale list in January 1914, but was instead used as a test bed for newly developed "anti-submarine bulges." As the bulges were deemed successful, they were incorporated into a number of future warships. There she briefly served as a receiving ship. She served in this role until January 1913, when she was transferred to Portsmouth. In July 1910, she moved to Queenstown, Ireland where she served as the receiving ship and flagship of the Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland. Hood remained with the Home Fleet until 1905, when she was placed in the Reserve Fleet at Devonport. She joined the Home Fleet shortly thereafter. She remained in the Mediterranean until roughly 1902, when she was grounded and sustained serious rudder damage (requiring her to return to England for repairs). Here she led a largely uneventful career with the sole exception being her participation in the actions at Crete in 1896. She was immediately assigned to the Mediterranean Station. She was fully commissioned on 1 June 1893. She was launched on 30 July 1891 and was completed over the next two years. She featured a 9,000 horsepower propulsion system which enabled her to reach speeds of 17½ knots. She was 380 feet long, 75 feet wide, had a displacement of 14,150 tons and a draught of 27 feet. She was was a variant of the Royal Sovereign class twin screw battleships laid down under the Naval Defence Act of 1889. The next Hood was named in honour of Lord Arthur Hood of Avalon (First Sea Lord from 1885-1889). This ship is possibly depicted in the official seal for the USA's state of Oregon. She was sold out of the navy in 1888 and her subsequent fate is currently unknown. Her most notable "service" came in 1872, when the War Office took her as a barracks for the Royal Engineers (harbour defence miners) at Chatham. She appears to have never been fully commissioned and instead passed directly into the Second Reserve at Sheerness. Her name was changed to Hood in January 1860.ĭue to design deficiencies, the ship was to lead a lacklustre life. Her propulsion plant could manage 600 horsepower. She was 198 feet long, 56 feet wide, displaced 3,308 tons and had a draught of 18 feet. She was ultimately completed as a screw line-of-battle ship of 91 guns and a crew of 720 men. Her hull was lengthened and design altered to accommodate steam propulsion while still on the stocks. Circumstances changed however, and the construction was delayed. As conceived, she was to be a 2nd Rate sailing ship of 80 guns. The second ship of the name was also named in honour of 1st Viscount Hood. ![]() She was decommissioned and returned to her owners in December, 1798. She was employed on convoy duties in the North Sea under the command of Commander John Larmour. Little is known of this ship other than that she was a 361 ton hired vessel of 14 guns, and was commissioned on. She was hired just two years after he hauled down his flag, and while he was still alive. The first Hood was named in honour of 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley, Lord Samuel Hood. ![]()
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