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HMS Renown was a Battlecruiser built at Fairfield and re
engined at Cammell Laird. she was launched on the 4th march
1916. Between the wars HMS Renown has a major refit at
Portsmouth in May 1923 to August 1926. she had her belt armour
increased. (using the plate armour intended for the Chilean
battleship Almirante Cochrane). her horizontal armour was
increased from 1-inch to 1.5 inch.
HMS Renown served in all major theatres
during world war two. during September 1939 she served in the
north sea and during October 1939 took part in the search for
the German surface raiders Admiral Graf Spee and Deutschland.
During August 1940 The Renown exchanged fire with the German
Battle Cruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst but only received
slight damage. During the rest of 1940and 1941 HMS Renown
served with Force H. Renown also took part in the pursuit of the
Bismarck. during May 1941. During November 1942 she supported
the Allied Landing in North Africa. During early 1944 HMS
Renown joined the British eastern Fleet supporting the carrier
raids, and also the bombarding of Surabaya. At Durban she had a
refit and then returned to home water in March 1945. Due to her
poor condition HMS renown was put into reserve and was finally
scrapped at Faslane, Scotland on August 1948 |
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