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HMS Hood
View of the spray from the bow wave cascading over the bows of HMS Hood taken on board from behind one of the forward main gun turrets.

HMS Hood
View of the spray and bow wave taken from the deck on the starboard side of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, during her sea trials.

HMS Hood
View of the stern and waves in the wake of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, looking over the rear main guns.

HMS Hood
View of the waves in the wake of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, taken from the deck on the port side during her sea trials.

HMS Hood
Broadside view of the port side of the Admiral Class battlecruiser, HMS Hood, ploughing through the sea during her sea trials on the Clyde estuary shrouded in mist and smoke.

HMS Tiger
View of the bow end of the hull of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Tiger under construction surrounded by wooden scaffolding at John Brown & Co. shipyard at Clydebank.

HMS Tiger
View of the stern end of the hull of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Tiger under construction surrounded by wooden scaffolding at John Brown & Co. shipyard at Clydebank.

HMS Tiger
View looking down towards the stern of the deck of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Tiger under construction surrounded by wooden scaffolding and cranes at John Brown & Co. shipyard at Clydebank.

HMS Tiger
View looking down towards the bow of the deck of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Tiger under construction surrounded by wooden scaffolding and cranes at John Brown & Co. shipyard at Clydebank.