H.M.S HOOD, which Is flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Fred erick Field, is the heaviest man-o’-war in the world, with a normal displacement of 41,200 tons. The Hood was begun in 19 16, modified in design after the Battle of Jutland, launched in 1918, and finished in 1920, Her length is 860 feet over all, and she cost six million pounds to build,
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 181, 26 April 1924, Page 11
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64H.M.S HOOD, which Is flying the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Fred erick Field, is the heaviest man-o’-war in the world, with a normal displacement of 41,200 tons. The Hood was begun in 19 16, modified in design after the Battle of Jutland, launched in 1918, and finished in 1920, Her length is 860 feet over all, and she cost six million pounds to build, Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 181, 26 April 1924, Page 11
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