Here is a design for Hood as built. Here also is a 1936 plan for Hood.
HMS Hood, Great Britain Fast Battleship laid down 1916
Displacement:
36,794 t light; 38,827 t standard; 42,926 t normal; 46,204 t full load
Dimensions: Length (overall / waterline) x beam x draught (normal/deep)
(880.63 ft / 860.70 ft) x 104.10 ft x (32.00 / 33.88 ft)
(268.42 m / 262.34 m) x 31.73 m x (9.75 / 10.33 m)
Armament:
8 - 15.00" / 381 mm 42.0 cal guns - 1,636.38lbs / 742.25kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1916 Model
2 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
2 x Twin mounts on centreline, evenly spread
2 raised mounts
12 - 5.50" / 140 mm 45.0 cal guns - 83.91lbs / 38.06kg shells, 150 per gun
Breech loading guns in turret on barbette mounts, 1916 Model
8 x Single mounts on sides, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 14,098 lbs / 6,395 kg
Main Torpedoes
2 - 21.0" / 533 mm, 26.70 ft / 8.14 m torpedoes - 1.683 t each, 3.366 t total
In 1 sets of deck mounted carriage/fixed tubes
Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 12.0" / 305 mm 559.46 ft / 170.52 m 12.24 ft / 3.73 m
Ends: 6.00" / 152 mm 301.23 ft / 91.81 m 12.24 ft / 3.73 m
Upper: 7.00" / 178 mm 559.46 ft / 170.52 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Main Belt covers 100 % of normal length
Main Belt inclined 10.00 degrees (positive = in)
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 15.0" / 381 mm 11.0" / 279 mm 12.0" / 305 mm
2nd: 1.00" / 25 mm - 2.00" / 51 mm
- Armoured deck - multiple decks:
For and Aft decks: 1.50" / 38 mm
Forecastle: 3.00" / 76 mm Quarter deck: 0.75" / 19 mm
- Conning towers: Forward 11.00" / 279 mm, Aft 9.00" / 229 mm
Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, steam turbines,
Geared drive, 4 shafts, 164,506 shp / 122,721 Kw = 31.00 kts
Range 5,332nm at 20.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 7,377 tons
Complement:
1,490 - 1,938
Cost:
£5.532 million / $22.126 million
Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 2,321 tons, 5.4 %
- Guns: 2,317 tons, 5.4 %
- Weapons: 4 tons, 0.0 %
Armour: 11,543 tons, 26.9 %
- Belts: 5,564 tons, 13.0 %
- Armament: 3,675 tons, 8.6 %
- Armour Deck: 1,777 tons, 4.1 %
- Conning Towers: 528 tons, 1.2 %
Machinery: 6,129 tons, 14.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 16,800 tons, 39.1 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 6,132 tons, 14.3 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
61,654 lbs / 27,966 Kg = 36.5 x 15.0 " / 381 mm shells or 3.5 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.02
Metacentric height 5.5 ft / 1.7 m
Roll period: 18.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 77 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.85
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.29
Hull form characteristics:
Hull has low quarterdeck ,
a normal bow and a round stern
Block coefficient (normal/deep): 0.524 / 0.533
Length to Beam Ratio: 8.27 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 29.34 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 49 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 60
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 20.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 10.00 ft / 3.05 m
Freeboard (% = length of deck as a percentage of waterline length):
Fore end, Aft end
- Forecastle: 20.00 %, 27.29 ft / 8.32 m, 27.29 ft / 8.32 m
- Forward deck: 30.00 %, 27.29 ft / 8.32 m, 27.29 ft / 8.32 m
- Aft deck: 35.00 %, 27.29 ft / 8.32 m, 27.29 ft / 8.32 m
- Quarter deck: 15.00 %, 14.43 ft / 4.40 m, 14.43 ft / 4.40 m
- Average freeboard: 25.36 ft / 7.73 m
Ship tends to be wet forward
Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 73.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 212.6 %
Waterplane Area: 61,031 Square feet or 5,670 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 121 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 199 lbs/sq ft or 973 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.97
- Longitudinal: 1.23
- Overall: 1.00
Excellent machinery, storage, compartmentation space
Excellent accommodation and workspace room
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily