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Construction of Royal Navy Battlecruiser HMS Hood at John Brown Shipyard, Clydebank, leaving Clydebank.
Photograph of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood being towed out of John Brown & Co's shipyard at Clydebank shortly after completion.
Photograph of the Admiral Class battlecruiser HMS Hood being towed out of John Brown & Co's shipyard at Clydebank shortly after completion.
Photograph of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood being manoeuvred out of John Brown & Co. shipyard at Clydebank by tugboats shortly after completion.
Broadside view of the port side of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.
View of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, under steam and with men on deck near her bow taken from the port side during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.
View of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, ploughing through the sea with men on deck near her bow taken from the port side during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.
View of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, ploughing through the sea with smoke belching from her funnels taken from the port side during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary.
View of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, taken from the starboard side, ploughing through the sea with smoke belching from her funnels during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary generating a big bow wave and spray as she speeds along.