HMS Hood off of Newcastle, Northern Ireland - June 25, 1927
HMS Hood off of Newcastle, Northern Ireland - June 25, 1927 Note her above water torpedo tube doors are open. This may be for cleaning and maintenance as torpedo tests off County Down seem unlikely. She was here from 24th to 29th June and then departed for Portland. Hood’s torpedo armament changed during her construction and eventually consisted of two submerged and four Mk V above-water fixed 21in torpedo tubes. The submerged torpedo rooms were on the platform deck forward of ‘A’ turret handing room. These tubes were removed in 1937. The designers chose this arrangement because magazines, shell rooms and propulsion shafts took most of the space in the aft section of the lower decks. The four Mk V above water tubes, divided two per side, were located parallel with the main mast approximately halfway between the waterline and shelter deck. This arrangement created concerns because of the danger of torpedo warheads being detonated by enemy fire. Placing armoured protection around and to