How a surviving Hood might become a museum ship

If Hood had survived the Second World War, how quickly might it have become a museum ship?

It could plausibly have been preserved on retirement in the 1950s.

A surviving Hood would probably remain in Royal Navy service into the 1950s rather than retire immediately after victory. That timing matters because preservation is easiest when public recognition, political interest, and an intact ship coincide. Retirement in that decade could have allowed Hood to pass directly into museum use instead of first deteriorating in reserve. The answer is necessarily counterfactual, but it identifies the institutional window in which a famous warship is most likely to survive scrapping.