Talk:Ship/@comment-135.23.225.8-20150316012752/@comment-25459687-20150317014944

^^this.

However, given 20-20 hindsight, many consider Hood the first modern fast battleship, given her armor ratios compared to existing BBs. Sadly for her, the armor wasn't in the right places for WWII combat.

still, at the time, Hood was always considered a battlecruiser.