HMS Hood
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | 19th April, 1990 |
| Laid down: | 22nd June, 1990 |
| Launched: | 19th April, 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 10th August, 1993 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Pwnage Keelbreaker, 25th January 2006, off the Gibraltar Straits |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1993: 16,954,500 Full load 2006: 18,200,500 full load |
| Length: | 5,285 Feet, 16,111 Metres |
| Beam: (trimaran) | 879 Feet, 268 Metres |
| Draught: | 124 Feet, 38 metres |
| Propulsion: | 4 Questarian Atomfirm PWR providing 1.5GW each, 16 Shafts, 16 waterjets, 6 rudders (2 main, 4 backup) |
| Speed: | 1993: 25 knots (46.3 km/h); 2006: 23 knots (42.5 km/h) |
| Range: | Unlimited |
| Complement: | 26,125 Full (including Marines) |
| Armament (1993): | 30x30 in (762 mm) (6x5) ( 88 × 6.1 in (155 mm) (44x2) 150 20mm autocannons 80,000 50cm2 VLS tubes 45 40mm CIWS |
| Armament (2006, as sunk): | 30x30 in (762 mm) (6x5) ( 88 × 6.1 in (155 mm) (44x2) 150 20mm autocannons 40,000 1m2 VLS tubes 45 40mm CIWS |
| Aircraft: | 8 ASW helicopters |
| Badge: | A crow facing an anchor, bearing the letters "1900" |
| Motto: | Ventis Secundis (Latin: "With the Winds Favourable") |
History of the Hood
The Hood was bought from Stockford Shipwrighters, and soon the contract was signed to produce five of the class, each named after a famous Admiral, the lead ship being Hood. The first of the class was laid down on 22nd June, 1990, at Stockford's primary shipyards at Southampton. It was launched 19th April, and commissioned not long after. The day after comission, the ship slipped out of port and took a 3,200 kilometre tour around the island of Questers, stopping off at fourty different ports and taking trips from flag-waving Questarians on small fishing boats. Finally, she arrived back at Southampton, where over three million Questarians were waiting. Finally, after earplugs had been distributed, the Mighty Hood, as she had been affectionally christened, fired her 30" cannons into the water, hitting the old monitor Lightening. The monitor exploded and the crowd cheered and waved their flags harder, as a chorus of "Rule Questaria" came up. The event brought in 11 million pounds for the Stockford Shipwrighters, and brought the Hood into the eye of the public.
