She was sunk by two Brirush battle cruisers under Admiral Sturdee. Probably the only time they were employed as originally conceived
“Probably the only time they were employed as originally conceived”
Heh. Good one. Arguable the Hood went down doing what it was intended... except the Germans were misusing a battleship s a cruiser. It is so annoying when the enemy does not play but the same set of rules.
British gunnery at the Falklands was awful.
“Probably the only time they were employed as originally conceived.”
Hunted down enemy cruisers at 1st Heligoland Bight too.
Another original role was scouting for the battlefleet, which they did often. Becomes problematic when the enemy makes their own battlecruisers, which were better protected and more accurate. Then they have to slug it out in a battle line, which they were not designed to do.