Any Main battleship that is. The ones that were the "big" guys.. The ones that stayed mostly at home and let the lighter "Cruisers" (Frigates, on) do the heavy work, while the battleships scared the enemy into submission, and if that did not work, blew him.
The Hood did not have enough armour to be considered a "Battleship" and that was why she lost that duel. The Royal Navy either 1. Did not realize it would be a factor or 2. that was only thing they had near good enough at the time.
Frankly I'm ashamed of you Matt... you seem to have no grasp of Royal Navy history if you are writing-off the HMS Hood as you clearly are... let's set some things straight here...
Q1) Is the Hood a "Battlecruiser"?
A1) Yes... she is... now that we have that behind us...
Q2) What is a "Battlecruiser"?
A2) Generally, battlecruisers were similar in layout and armament to battleships but they traded off armour or firepower for higher speed, which showed in their more powerful engines and slender hulls; they still retained enough firepower and protection to be classified as
capital ships.
Q3) How does the HMS Hood compare to other British Battleships of the time?
A3) Hood was the largest ship in the Royal Navy when completed; thanks to her great displacement, she seemed to combine the firepower and armour of a battleship with the speed of a battlecruiser,
causing some to refer to her as a fast battleship.
Q4) What role did the HMS Hood play in the Royal Navy?
A4) In the inter-war years
she was the largest warship in the world at a time when the British public felt a close affinity with the Royal Navy. Her name and general characteristics were familiar to most of the public, and she was popularly known as the Mighty Hood. Because of her fame, she spent a great deal of time on cruises and "flying the flag" visits to other countries... ie: flying the British flag and scaring smaller countries with the largest warship in the world.
Q5) How did the Germans view the HMS Hood as a possible opponent
A5) During the Bismarck's shakedown/training cruise in the Baltic, the German battleship had many drills... most, if not all of them were designed with scenarios that involved the HMS Hood as the main opponent the Bismarck would face. Interviews with surviving German crewman reveals that when they were made known to be facing the HMS Hood for real on that fateful morning, many Germans were in disbelief that they would be facing "the pride" of the Royal Navy.
Q6) Was the Hood underarmored, and did the Navy know this?
Q7) Yes and Yes... The Hood was upgraded considerably both on the design table after Jutland and during the 1920s... further armor increases were planned for the Hood, however, the pressing needs of the Royal Navy to show the flag and operational needs kept the Hood out of the dockyard... however, the Royal Navy was confident the HMS Hood was up to the task of taking-on the Bismarck... hindsight is 20/20, but at the time the HMS Hood was considered a monster in her own right.
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Matt... the HMS Hood was the pride of the Royal Navy and the largest warship in the Royal Navy (including the KGV class). You are so underselling what the ship was to England, what she was considered at the time, and how she was used by England... she DEFINATELY filled the role of a capital battleship whether or not you want to stick asteriks around the name or not... she was clearly used to intimidate others, show the English flag, and was tossed into battles with the best enemy battleships the world had to offer... the fact she was destroyed in five minutes does not mean she wasn't something the Germans feared and the British used as a capital ship and battleship in every sense of the word.
"Battlecruiser" or not, you have clearly undervalued the importance of the Hood on both the world stage and the British navy Matt... and frankly, I'm shocked you've missed all of this.
Anyways..
Hows she look so far?
Matt... not a fan of the railings-thing... either ditch them or (like Snafu) offer with and without versions... that's too many extra polygons, that usually don't look right (in my book) for little value... ditch them or offer a way to ditch them like Snafu did. Not a fan of the rails!
Might I suggest the King George V class after you do that? I do not believe I have seen any for Civ 4 yet.
Matt, after you finish the Littorio, let's set ourselves upon correcting the injustices of the past before we create any more new units. No point in having substandard work perpetuated. 
I would just like to see it in a Battlecruiser unit (Same with the Dunkurque), though I realize that is really too limited..
