The wreck is not a single accessible hull waiting for a straightforward inspection. Hood's remains lie in roughly three separated sections, buried at different angles. Remotely operated vehicles have explored portions, including work around 2013, but the evidence remains limited. Settling competing loss mechanisms would require a much more extensive and expensive survey of all the sections. Confident reconstructions can therefore outrun the physical evidence currently available.
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Why Hood's wreck still limits certainty
Hood's remains lie in separated, partly buried sections, so resolving competing loss theories would require a much more extensive and expensive survey.