Does Tiger's protection make it a fast battleship rather than a battlecruiser?
Short answerTiger remains a battlecruiser in this interpretation, and the same classification criteria are applied to Hood.
NotesAlex's objection to calling Hood a fast battleship uses Tiger's dense construction, subdivision, and extent of armour as a consistency test. A guest suggests that this would move Tiger into the fast-battleship category. Tiger remains a battlecruiser in Alex's interpretation, and he applies that same standard to Hood. The disagreement concerns classification criteria, rather than treating armour thickness alone as decisive. Tiger and Queen Elizabeth then illustrate separate lines of development toward combining high speed with battleship fighting power.