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Hood joined the Royal Navy in 1883 serving on HMS Temeraire, and HMS Hyacinth. In 1889, as a Midshipman, he served on HMS Calliope during the Samoan Hurricane .

In World War I, Hood took part in the defence of Flanders and the Battle of the Yser. He commanded the Third Battlecruiser Squadron of Sir John Jellicoe's Grand Fleet. He died along with all but six of the crew of his flagshipA flagship is the ship used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships. The term originates from the custom of the commanding officer (usually, but not always, an admiral) to fly a distinguishing flag. Used in this way, "flagship" is fundamentall InvincibleThe fifth Invincible of the Royal Navy was a battlecruiser, the lead ship of her class of three, and the first ship of her type to be built in the world. The ship was built at Sir W. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd on Tyneside. She was laid down in April 1 when she exploded at the Battle of JutlandThe Battle of Jutland known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak Skagerrakschlacht , was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was fought on May 31 June 1, 1916, in the North Sea near Ju.