Hood and Britain’s treaty tonnage advantage

Hood is presented as a battlecruiser whose 41,200-ton standard displacement sits far above the later 35,000-ton treaty limit. Its combination of size and mobility mattered especially in a global war of maneuver, a different problem from replaying a concentrated Jutland-style battle. Comparing British and American allowances shows that Britain retained enough additional capital-ship tonnage to be roughly a Nelson-class ship ahead. The figures illustrate how inherited fleets and permitted replacements shaped practical power behind formal parity.