# Why was HMS Hood special? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 16, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-hms-hood-special/985626 "2023-06-16T14:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-hms-hood-special/985626/7 "2023-06-16T17:10:58Z")
Previous thread on topic: > [@Why was the Hood so Mighty? and what happened to the Graf Zeppelin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-hood-so-mighty-and-what-happened-to-the-graf-zeppelin/407367): > > I’m reading Bercuson and Herwig’s book, [The Destruction of the Bismarck](http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Destruction-Of-The-Bismarck-David-Bercuson/9781585673971-item.html?ref=Search+Books%3a+'destruction+of+bismarck') and I had a couple of questions about that naval period I thought I’d ask of the Dope. First, the Hood. There seems to be general agreement that as a batle cruiser, H.M.S. Hood wasn’t supposed to go toe-to-toe with a full-bore battleship. So why was it nicknamed “The Mighty Hood”? It seems to have had a considerable reputation - it’s referred to as the pride of the Royal Navy, a major symbol of the British Empire, etc. … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-hms-hood-special/985626)._