[1rudeboy]

I asked an honest question. Telling me to use my web browser is worse than useless. Maybe a naval historian will come along, but thanks anyway.

[DariusBane]

I was not being smart. If you do as I suggested you will find everything you need to know about how the battle cruisers stood up to combat. Battle cruisers were armed like battleships and armored like cruisers. They traded armor for speed, range and payload.

[dennisw]

Use google...It is a search engine

[jpsb]

HMS Hood was 44,600 tons, had a crew of 1,419 and was faster than the Bismarck with a maximum speed of 32 knots. The Hood had been launched in 1918 and was armed with 8 x 15 inch guns, 12 x 5.5 inch guns, 8 x 4 inch AA guns, 24 x 2 pound guns and 4 x 21 inch torpedoes.

However, the Hood suffered from one major flaw – she did not have the same amount of armour as the Bismarck. The fact that the Hood was faster than the Bismarck by 3 knots was as a result of her lack of sufficient armour for a naval battle fought in World War Two. What had been considered sufficient armour in 1918 when Hood was built, was to prove a fatal flaw in 1941.