Largest battlecruiser
- Who
- HMS Hood
- Where
- United Kingdom
- When
- 1920
Battlecruisers were warships designed to have the armament of a battleship but with less armour and more speed. HMS Hood, commissioned in 1920 by the Royal Navy (UK), was 262.3 m long, with a maximum displacement of 49,136.8 metric tonnes (48,360.7 long tons). She was sunk on 24 May 1941 during the battle of Denmark Strait.