User blog comment:Void Samukai/The 7 key BBs in history/@comment-12494172-20160118191236/@comment-27822411-20160121040741

There were actually quite a few fast BBs. Even without Hood, we have the Littorio, KGV, Vanguard, Iowa, and Richelieu, and to the lesser extent the NC and SD. So there were quite a few fast BBs because the idea was a pratical and ideal for modern warfare.

There were Britian: Invincible, Lion, Tiger, Renown, Courageous, Hood.

Germany: Von der Tann, Goben, Deffering

Japan only ever had one BC, so can't comment there. But there were plenty of BC classes in Britian and Germany that were different.

The reason there were very few super large BBs built was because by that time, the BB was getting replaced by the aircraft carrier and the submarine. Only Japan, the country that was always trying to get the Tsushima style battle during the war, thus saw any reason to build such large warships at the time. And remeber, Yammy was designed over tatics in the late 1930s. The time she was actually in service was a whole lot different from the era she was designed for.