Well i cant really recommend the Hood to you but its a ship that might get a upgrade soon.
On testserver it has -1turning compared to normal Hood and equal gunspace. It has +1 supportslot, so 5 on ship and 8 support slots. Its faster then the normal Hood and has a bit more DP. With normal Hood guns (15inch dual Ls) it goes something around 26/44-27/45, with Nelly trips it goes 25/42. the Vaillant (QE like EBB) seems to be a equal or even better choice. Much smaller hitbox equal gunspace but 1 less supportslot and i dont know about speed.