The battleship generation that was not built beside Hood

What battleship was Hood's contemporary, and what might it have looked like?

No direct contemporary was completed; the likely line would have been an enhanced fast battleship derived from Queen Elizabeth, not a relabelled Hood.

British construction moved through Renown, the light battlecruisers, and the Admiral class without completing a new contemporary battleship for Hood. A probable counterpart would have developed the fast-battleship line from Queen Elizabeth, although no definite design is identified. The later G3 and accompanying battleship studies show that the Royal Navy continued to consider the categories separately. Queen Elizabeth already provided a contemporary example of a fast battleship when originally conceived. The missing generation beside Hood does not change the purpose for which Hood herself was designed.