Wreck of HMS Hood
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 63.4° N, 31.8° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
- —
- Cause
- —
- Depth
- —
Protection status
Location generalised to protect a war grave
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
A military vessel lost in 1941, during a world war, by enemy action. Wrecks lost in war are treated as war graves.
Legal basis: Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 (UK).
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: an official list, confidence 95%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built during the First World War. She was already under construction when the Battle of Jutland occurred in mid-1916, and that battle revealed serious flaws in her design; with drastic revisions, she was completed four years later. For this reason, she was the only ship of her class to be completed, as the Admiralty decided it would be better to start with a clean design on succeeding battlecruisers, leading to the never-built G-3 class. Despite the appearance of newer and more modern ships, Hood remained the largest warship in the world for 20 years after her commissioning, and her prestige was reflected in her nickname, "The Mighty Hood".
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
About this wreck
HMS Hood is a recorded shipwreck site. Voydar shows wreck locations alongside live ship traffic, free, from Wikidata and public hydrographic records.
Other wrecks named HMS Hood
These wreck sites share the name HMS Hood. Until September 2026 they shared one web address; each now has its own page.
| Wreck | Location | Lost | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| HMS Hood | — | — | 50.5° N, 2.5° W |
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