Historic warships as models for Space Battleship Yamato

Which sunken warship would make the best basis for a Space Battleship Yamato-style rebuild?

Hood is an initial choice, followed by Nelson or Rodney for a new design because of their heavy guns. The explanation that Yamato's wreck concealed new construction changes the premise.

Hood is proposed in the hope of recovering answers about the historical ship. Another panellist corrects the premise: in Space Battleship Yamato, the wreck conceals construction of a new spacecraft rather than becoming its hull. Ginga is given as a fresh-built example without a corresponding wreck. Once that distinction is made, Nelson or Rodney becomes the preferred model because of the size of their guns, even though neither meets the original requirement of a sunken ship. Prince of Wales and Repulse are also mentioned as available wrecks.