Hood is described as a battlecruiser built in the late 1910s, while Bismarck was a fast battleship from the late 1930s and early 1940s. The roughly twenty-year gap makes an equal comparison of their original designs misleading. Hood's limited refits added to the difference between an aging ship and a much newer opponent. The passage concerns design age and modernization, without offering a complete explanation of the battle's outcome.
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Hood and Bismarck belonged to different shipbuilding generations
Comparing Hood with Bismarck requires allowance for roughly twenty years of design development and Hood's limited refits.