British Ships Involved
Battle Cruisers
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| HMS Renown |
| HMS Renown (Renown Class) | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | British | |
| Type | Battle Cruiser | |
| Builder | Fairfield (Govan). United Kingdom | |
| Laid down | 25 January 1915 | |
| Launched | 4 March 1916 | |
| Commissioned | September 1916 | |
| Fate | Rearmored/reconstructed May 1923 to August 1926 at Portsmouth Completely reconstructed again September 1936 to February 1939 at Portsmouth Laid up in reserve June 1945 Used as accommodation ship Sold for scrap 19 March 1948 |
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| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 27,470 tons (design) | |
| Full Load | 30,835 tons (design) 32,074 tons (1918) 37,150 tons (1926) 36,080 tons (1939) 38,945 tons (1945) |
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| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | 787.7' (240 m) | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 794.1' (242 m) | |
| Beam | 90' (27.4 m) (design) 102.75' (31.3 m) (1926) |
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| Draft | 25.5' (7.8 m) (avg) 30.5 (9.3 m) (max) |
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| Armament (design-1939) | ||
| Main Battery | 6 x 15" (380 mm)/42 cal MkI (3x2) 2 forward 1 aft |
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| Secondary Battery | 17 x 4" (102 mm)/45 cal QF HA MkV (5x3,2x1) | |
| AA | 2 x 76 mm (12pdr) QF HA MkI (2x1) (design) 24 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (3x8) (1939) 16 x 0.5"/62 cal MG (4x4) |
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| Torpedoes | 2 x 21" submerged on beam (2x1) (design) 8 x 21" (533 mm) fixed tubes (4x2) (1921) |
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| Armament (1939-45) | ||
| Main Battery | 6 x 15" (380 mm)/42 cal MkI (3x2) 2 forward 1 aft |
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| Secondary | 20 x 4.5" (114 mm)/45 cal QF MkIII (10x2), decreased to 8 (4x2) 1944 | |
| AA | 24 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (3x8) 4 x 40.5 mm (2pdr)/40 cal MkVIII (1x4) added 1942 4 x 40 mm/56.3 cal Bofors (1x4) added 1945 56 x 20 mm/65 cal Oerlikon (16x2,24x1) added 1943, decreased to 44 (20x2,24x1) in 1944 3 x UP AA MkI removed 1942 |
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| Torpedoes | 8 x 21" (533 mm) fixed tubes (4x2), removed 1944 | |
| Armour | ||
| Belt | 1.5"-6" (38-152 mm) midship (design) 2"-9" (51-228 mm) midship (1926) |
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| Deck | 0.5"-3" (12.7-76 mm) 1"-4" (25-102 mm) (1926) 1"-5" (25-127 mm) (1939) |
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| Bulkheads | 4"-3" (202-76 mm) forward/aft | |
| Turrets | 9" (228 mm) face 9"-7" (228-178 mm) sides 11" (279 mm) rear 4.25" (108 mm) roof |
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| Barbettes | 7"-5"-4" (178-127-102 mm) | |
| Conning Tower | 10" (254 mm) maximum (6" (152 mm) revolving hood) rebuilt with 2" (51 mm) 1936 | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 42 Babcock-Wilcox 285 psi Large Tube (design) 8 Admiralty 3 drum type (300 psi working pressure) (after 1936-39 reconstruction) |
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| Turbines | 2 Brown Curtis direct drive steam (design) 2 Parsins geared turbines (after 1936-39 reconstruction) |
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| Horsepower | 112,000 shp (design) 120,000 shp (after 1936-39 reconstruction) |
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| Shafts | 4 | |
| Endurance | 3,650 nm at 30 knts 9,400 nm at 15 knts |
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| Max Speed | 31.5 knts (design) 31.7 knts (trial) 30.25 knts (1926) 30.75 knts (after 1936-39 reconstruction) 26-28 knts (1945) |
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| Oil Bunkerage | 4,289-4,500 tons oil 100 tons coal (removed later in career) |
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| Complement | ||
| Usual | 955-1,500 | |
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