 Hood was laid down on 31 May 1916 , the same day as the Battle of Jutland . The loss of three British battlecruisers during that battle caused the work on all three ships to be suspended pending an investigation into possible design flaws . Admiral Jellicoe 's investigation blamed the loss of the ships on faulty cordite handling procedures that allowed fires in the turrets or hoists to reach the ships ' magazines . It recommended anti @-@ flash equipment be installed in magazines and handling rooms and the improvement of deck armour over the magazines to prevent plunging shells or fragments from reaching the magazines . The DNC and the Third Sea Lord opposed the latter , believing that there was no direct evidence that the magazines had been directly penetrated . 
