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Hood was intended to lead four ships

Hood's solitary completion obscures the original intention to build four Admiral-class battlecruisers.

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Question

Why is Hood often remembered as a single ship when she was supposed to lead a class of four?

Short answer

Because only Hood was completed, making that eventual outcome easier to remember than the original four-ship plan.

Notes

Hood was intended as the lead ship of a four-ship class. Only one was completed. That outcome makes it easy to remember Hood as an isolated design and overlook the force originally planned.