Talk:General Discussion/@comment-24853173-20141026020533/@comment-25459687-20141026175134

"Pretty sure the brits called the Hood a battlecruiser, the only time I've read about it being a fast BB was on wikipedia"

Hood was indeed a battlecruiser, but there are folks who consider her the first third-generation fast BB, due to her armor being equivalent to the QE-class battleships of the time. She wasn't under-armored like the previous British battlecruisers, it just was in the wrong places for a WWII battle. The Brits knew she needed a refit, but she was too powerful of a ship to take out of duty for a year or two when the winds of war started blowing.

queek, reader of more than just Wikipedia.