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	HMS Renown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Renown (1747) was a 30 gun 5th Rate French ship, Renommée, captured in 1747 and renamed Renown.
		HMS Renown (1895) was the only battleship of its class.
		HMS Renown (1916) was a Renown-class battlecruiser that served in both the first and second world wars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Renown (198 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Re-Rn) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		HMS Renown was a British battle cruiser of 30750 tons displacement launched in 1916.
		HMS Renown was powered by eight Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 29 knots and a range of 3650 miles.
		HMS Renown carried a crew of 1205 and was armed with six 15-inch 42 calibre guns; eight 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; twenty-four 2 pounder anti-aircraft guns and sixty-four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /RD3.HTM (1807 words)

	Encyclopedia: German battleship Bismarck
		HMS Suffolk was a cruiser of the British Navy which took part in the action which led to the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941.
		HMS Cossack (L-03/F-03/G-03) was a Tribal-class destroyer which became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee.
		HMS Prince Of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/German-battleship-Bismarck (5329 words)

	HMS Renown (1916) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Renown was the lead ship of a class of three 26,500-ton battlecruisers of the Royal Navy, the other two being HMS Repulse and the cancelled Resistance.
		After a decade of further service, Renown was again reconstructed, greatly changing her appearance and giving her a modern anti-aircraft gun battery, much enhanced aircraft-handling facilities, and up-to-date gunfire controls.
		Renown had brief post-war service in British waters and was sold for scrapping in March 1948.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Renown_(1916) (379 words)

	Encyclopedia: HMS Renown (1916)
		HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy built at the Fairfield shipyards in Glasgow and launched in November 1914.
		Categories: World War II British battlecruisers Renown class battlecruiser The Renown class was a two ship class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy, and were a battlecruiser design derived from, and originally intended to be members of, the Revenge-class battleships.
		HMS Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser, the second to last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Renown-(1916) (1422 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battlecruiser HMS Renown of the Renown class
		HMS renown served with the Grand Fleet in the North Sea during the remaining two years of World War I. In 1920-21, following a refit, she carried the Prince of Wales on a voyage to Australia and America.
		The battlecruiser HMS Renown, battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, light cruiser HMS Sheffield and the destroyers HMS Fearless, HMS Foxhound, HMS Foresight, HMS Fury, HMS Encounter and HMS Jersey left Gibraltar to the west with convoy HG-53.
		In the meantime 4 destroyers HMS Duncan, HMS Isis, HMS Firedrake and HMS Jupiter left Gibraltar and steamed to the east to conduct a anti-submarine sweep.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4066.html (583 words)

	British Navy Ships--HMS Renown (1916-1948)
		HMS Renown, lead ship of a class of two 26,500-ton battlecruisers, was built at Glasgow, Scotland.
		HMS Renown had brief post-war service in British waters and was sold for scrapping in March 1948.
		Note that Renown still has her original searchlight installation, which was replaced later in 1917.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-r/renown.htm (548 words)

	IAN MARSHALL - HMS Renown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		HMS Renown and USS New York in Grassy Bay, Bermuda, 1898
		The British flagship, HMS Renown, is in the center.
		To the right of Renown can be seen the floating dock Bermuda which was stationed there for over forty years; its remains can still be seen stranded at Spaniard's Point.
	userpages.prexar.com /sphinx/renown.html (312 words)

	Renown Photos
		HMS Renown pictured c.1930s showing a seaplane on her catapult and her crane jib is up.
		HMS Hood and HMS Renown at Gibraltar, illuminated for the wedding of the Duke of Gloucester on 6th November 1935.
		Some crew from HMS Renown while she was in for a refit at Durban.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /renown_photos.htm (622 words)

	Sidney Ernest King
		The following picture is of the HMS Renown in Australia in 1920 as part of this tour.
		HMS Impregnable was a Boys' training ship stuck in the middle of Pompey (Portsmouth) harbour; hard knocks were learned.
		HMS Victory was the Royal Naval Barracks and was/is used for transit purposes and the mustering of ships' companies when being drawn together prior to commissioning.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /derek2000/tree/gp/sk1894.htm (764 words)

	Revenge Class Battleships
		HMS Repulse and her sister ship Renown had additional armour platting fitted especially over the crowns of the Magazines, Steering Room and over the Engine Room.
		HMS Repluse was the first Ship to be fitted with a flying off platform in the autumn of 1917.
		The R-Class battleship HMS Revenge slips majestically past the carrier HMS Furious as she lies at anchor as three of her Fairey IIIFs fly overhead on a routine training sortie.
	www.ivanberryman.co.uk /repclass.htm (1379 words)

	HMS Repulse and Renown - R Class Battleships - Skytrex 1/700 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Models of the RN's beloved HMS 'Repair' and HMS 'Refit' (as they were affectionately known by the lower deck) have been short on the groundor 'water' so to speak.
		WEM's HMS Renown has taken nigh on two years from the first announcement and I'm sure, like so many of WEM's kits, it will be well worth the wait.
		Repulse is represented in her 1941 guise and Renown in 1942 fit.
	smmlonline.com /reviews/models/repluse_renownskytrex/repluse_renown700.html (551 words)

	HMS Renown data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		HMS Renown was a Battlecruiser built at Fairfield and re engined at Cammell Laird.
		During the rest of 1940and 1941 HMS Renown served with Force H. Renown also took part in the pursuit of the Bismarck.
		During early 1944 HMS Renown joined the British eastern Fleet supporting the carrier raids, and also the bombarding of Surabaya.
	www.rna-carmarthen.org.uk /gallery/hms_renown_data.htm (237 words)

	Battleships of the Royal Navy
		Launched in January 1915, the Revenge-class battleship HMS Resolution was to enjoy a 33 year career during which she served in the Atlantic, home and Eastern Fleets as well as serving repeated spells in the Mediterranean, being both bombed and torpedoed along the way.
		HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland.
		HMS Rodney was launched in 1925, like her sister ship the Nelson, Rodney saw action in many theatres, scoring the first hit on the Bismarck among other memorable exploits.
	www.ivanberryman.co.uk /rn_battleships.htm (2942 words)

	Body
		HMS REPULSE was engaged in a month of trials operating from Coulport in Spring 1992 suggesting that there may have been problems with the vessel.
		HMS RENOWN arrived at Rosyth for her third refit in October 1987 [4].
		When HMS REVENGE was due to go to sea again at the end of May1991, it would appear that she was not fit to complete a long patrol.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/pipexdsl/d/adhb32/magazine/cracking.htm (7084 words)

	HMS Renown Crew Noticeboard
		Photographs and information on historical events about HMS Renown requested for a new website www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk which will be on the web by June 2001.
		My uncle Jim served on HMS Renown while she was at the River Plate engagement with the Graf Spee.
		The Renown's log entry for 13th January 1945 states: 0945 Colours Half-Masted for funeral of the late AB Joslin.
	www.naval-art.com /c18.htm (1049 words)

	HMS Renown
		HMS Renown was a Battle cruiser built at Fairfield and re engined at Cammell Laird.
		Due to her poor condition HMS renown was put into reserve and was finally scrapped at Faslane, Scotland on August 1948.
		HMS Renown, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Renown.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /renown.htm (2832 words)

	ModelWarships reveiw
		Renown rejoined the Home Fleet, shortly to be action off Narvik with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, scoring damaging hits on the latter.
		I decided my model of HMS RENOWN would portray the ship as she would have appeared in the middle part of 1942 while sporting the wonderful camouflage scheme that is shown in the colour rendition of the scheme in port and starboard elevations in the instructions.
		Ensign 8 Renown and Repulse by Maurice Norhcott
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/hms/renown/700-jb/renown.html (2410 words)

	Hms Renown (1916) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		El HMS Renown era la nave del terminal de una clase de dos battlecruisers 26,500-ton de la marina real.
		Después de una década del servicio adicional, Renown fue reconstruido otra vez, cambiando grandemente su aspecto y dándole una batería de arma antiaérea moderna, realzada mucho avio'n-manipulando instalaciones y controles actualizados del fuego.
		Renown tenía breve servicio de la posguerra en aguas británicas y fue vendido para desechar en marcha de 1948.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/hm/Hms%20Renown%20%281916%29.htm (397 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Renown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Laid down in January 1915 and completed twenty months later, Renown was one of two very fast battlecruisers ordered by the Admiralty on the strength of the success of the Invincible-class ships over Admiral Graf von Spee's squadron at the Battle of the Falklands.
		The latter deficiency was never threatened during World War I, but during Renown's two interwar refits (1923-26 and 1936-39), an effort was made to improve her defense against torpedo and aircraft attack.
		From 1940 to 1943 she saw action with Force H in the Mediterranean, sailing as a convoy escort and taking part in the bombardment of Genoa in February 1941.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_075800_hmsrenown.htm (285 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Over To You - P to R (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		HMS Richmond: The City of Richmond, Virginia, are about to establish a place in the Library for the Bridge Badge from HMS Richmond (G88) which was formerly USS Fairfax (DD93), one of 50 DDs given to the UK in September 1940.
		HMS Pelican: George has in his possession a small copper ashtray with the crest of HMS Pelican mounted in the middle.
		HMS Revenge (battlewagon): A copy of the Ships Magazine (Vol1, No.2) dated June 1942 and a photo of a painting by R Eurich (Adm Artist) of the ship leaving Pompey Harbour after the air raids is offered to any ex-Revenge warrior of that time.
	www.navynews.co.uk /oty/otyptor.asp (1902 words)

	HMS Renown (1916) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Completed in September 1916, she served with the Grand Fleet in the North Sea during the remaining two years of World War I. In 1920-192121, following a refit, she carried the Prince of Wales on a voyage to Australia and America.
		During 1923-192626/, she was extensively refitted to increase her protection against gunfire and torpedoes.
		After Home Fleet service in 1942-194343, Renown was sent to join the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean.
	www.infothis.com /find/HMS_Renown_(1916) (373 words)

	Royal Navy
		HMS LEAMINGTON after returning from duty on the North Atlantic during the winter.
		RENOWN was originally launched during the First World War, but was extensively upgraded to her appearence in these photos in the interwar period.
		REPULSE was sunk in along with HMS PRINCE OF WALES by the Japanese in 1941.
	www.hazegray.org /features/bota/rn (220 words)

	HMS London-History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Bill sent me two photographs of "London" taken in November 1943 as she escorted the Battle Cruiser "Renown", with Churchill on board, to the Teheran Conference.
		HMS London at 28 knots en-route to Alexandria, November 1943.
		HMS London leaving Alexandria for the UK November 1943.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /micheal.overton/History.htm (105 words)

	HMS Renown - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		HMS Renown - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This page was last modified 13:15, 14 May 2005.
		The article about HMS Renown contains information related to HMS Renown.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/HMS_Renown (179 words)

	HMS NELSON BATTLESHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		HMS DUKE OF YORK 1940 KING GEORGE V CLASS
		HMS KING GEORGE V 1939 KING GEORGE V CLASS
		HMS SIR THOMAS PICTON 1915 LORD CLIVE CLASS
	www.homestead.com /nelson1/BRITISHBATTLESHIPS.html (77 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The rapport between Renown and her commanders brought her to life and permeated all who served in her; indeed it became an identity.
		Coverage on Renown includes chapter three on the class as designed, consisting of 15 pages, 14 pages on her modernization from 1936 to 1939 found in chapter 11, plus coverage in the different chapters on operations.
		From Renown’s viewpoint the knowledge that the latest Italian battleship had run away from her in the same manner as the two German heavyweights earlier in the year, raised morale to a new peak." Hit First, Hit Hard; H.M.S. Renown 1916-1948, 1979 by Peter C. Smith, at Page 168.
	www.steelnavy.com /WEMRenown.htm (9471 words)

	Naval forces of the British Empire: Ships: Battleships: HMS Renown, 1901 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Renown was the Flagship of Admiral Fisher on the North Atlantic and, when he was transferred, the Mediterrenean stations.
		It was a very reliable ship liked by all who sailed on her.
		Her guns were mounted in protective shields, but even this innovation was not enough to allow her to be eclipsed by the Battleship technology of the Dreadnoughts.
	britishempire.co.uk /forces/navyships/battleships/battleshiprenown.htm (79 words)

	Ghost of a flea: The names of British warships
		Posted by: Susan at March 30, 2004 01:30 PM The British prison ship HMS Jersey was nicknamed "Hell Afloat" by American prisoners during the Revolutionary War.
		The wreck of the 101-gun man-of-war H.M.S. Conqueror, built in Devon in 1855 and which served in the Crimean War, lies in 30 feet of water off Rum Cay where it sank in 1861.
		Posted by: Flea at July 31, 2004 01:21 AM An image of HMS Herald when she was still HMS Termagant may be found at the bottom of this page.
	www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/000325.html (1994 words)

	HMS Renown; Battle-Cruisers; Renown, HMS; Spartivento; Force H;
		HMS Renown; Battle-Cruisers; Renown, HMS; Spartivento; Force H; Renown 1916-1948.
		The story of the Royal Navy battle-cruiser H.M.S. Renown was a long and distinguished one.
		Originally built for the First World War she subsequently served in the post-war fleet and took royalty around the world.
	www.dive-bombers.co.uk /Hitfirst.htm (214 words)

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