Admiral Class Battlecruiser - Ships

Ships

Ship Builder Namesake Laid down Launched Completed Fate
Hood John Brown, Clydebank Viscount Hood 1 September 1916 22 August 1918 15 May 1920 Sunk 24 May 1941 by Bismarck
Anson Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick George Anson 9 November 1916 Suspended 9 March 1917 Cancelled 27 February 1919
Howe Cammell Laird, Birkenhead Earl Howe 16 October 1916 Suspended 9 March 1917 Cancelled 27 February 1919
Rodney Fairfield, Govan Baron Rodney 9 October 1916 Suspended 9 March 1917 Cancelled 27 February 1919

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