Would a bulbous bow have saved HMS Hood?

Would a bulbous bow or different late-1910s hull form have saved HMS Hood?

There is no firm basis for saying so: the fatal hit was exceptionally unlikely, and the effect of a bulbous bow on Hood's exact motion at that moment is uncertain.

A viewer asks whether Hood's late-1910s hull form made her vulnerable and whether a bulbous bow would have changed the outcome. The fatal event is described as an extraordinarily unlikely shot rather than the predictable result of one bow choice. A bulbous bow alters wave-making and the way a hull moves through the water. It is difficult to show that this change would have altered Hood's trough or trim enough at the decisive instant. The counterfactual therefore remains possible but cannot support a confident claim that the ship would have survived.