Talk:Royal Navy/@comment-24853254-20140504213923/@comment-27822411-20140504225050

Yes and no.

You see, the Bristish designated Hood as a battlecruiser, and used her as such. But modern experts start to call her a fast battleship, as she is an improvement of the Queen Elizibeth class battleships. Also, her armour protection is very high, 12 inches, compare to the Renown class, which had only 6 inches.