Armour coverage and subdivision help identify capital-ship type

Armour coverage and the density of internal subdivision offer a way to place a design on the battleship-battlecruiser spectrum. Cruiser-like subdivision also affects the armour coverage that a hull can accommodate. On this interpretation, Hood remained rooted in a two-word battle cruiser design even after post-Jutland changes moved her toward the one-word battlecruiser ideal. Tiger displaced more and was a more substantial ship than Renown or Repulse, built to hunt enemy battlecruisers. A hypothetical Hood designed as a scaled-up Tiger and then given improved armour could have approached a fast battleship.