HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy . Hood was the first and last of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers .Commissioned:15 May 1920.In May 1941, Hood and the battleship Prince of Wales were ordered to intercept the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, where they were to attack convoys. On 24 May 1941, early in the Battle of the Denmark Strait, Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank .View on 1941