# Could the Hood \*possibly\* Have Whipped the Bismarck?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 17, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-hood-possibly-have-whipped-the-bismarck/925754 "2020-11-17T01:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-hood-possibly-have-whipped-the-bismarck/925754/27 "2020-11-19T16:47:16Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> > [@Trinopus](#):
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> > …( **LSLGuy** – oh, no doubt about it, the Rodney/Nelson configuration is flawed. I just like it _because_ it’s distinctive, and vaguely pretty. One of the secrets of Battleship Fandom – we think these big bruisers are _lovely_ ! Anyone remember wishing for the “Battlewagon” toy battleship for Christmas?)
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> I always thought HMS _Nelson_ looked vaguely science fictiony, but I like it:

@Trinopus: Battlewagon was sure on my list a couple of years! And yes, HMS _Nelson_ is really cool in a retro-futuristic way.  
@Elendil_s_Heir: Here’s your science fictiony battleship. And yes, it does resemble HMS _Nelson_.  
[https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=space+battleship+yamato](https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=space+battleship+yamato)

It also vaguely resembles another unarmed but nevertheless really cool bit of SDMB science fiction:

> [@Ice Cruiser Norlandia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cruiser-norlandia/918507):
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> This is my latest sci-fi model. I finished it a month or two ago, but we had a series of home-related repairs that distracted me from sharing it here. The little sci-fi model club I belong to is having a challenge: “Build a land or water vehicle propelled by a reaction engine (but not an airplane or spaceship)”, simplified for sanity’s sake to Jet Car Challenge. This is my entry, Ice Cruiser Norlandia. It started out as a submarine hull, part of an estate purchased by my local hobby shop, w…

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