HMS RENOWN

Ordered: 30 December 1914

Builder: Fairfield, Govan, Scotland

Cost: £3,117,204

Laid down: 25 January 1915

Launched: 4 March 1916

Commissioned: 20 September 1916

Struck: 1948

Nickname: Refit[1]

Fate: Sold for scrapping, 19 March 1948

General characteristics (As built)
Type: Battlecruiser
Displacement: 27,200 long tons (27,600 t) (normal)
32,220 long tons (32,740 t) (deep load)
Length: 750 feet 2 inches (228.7 m) p.p.
794 feet 1.5 inches (242.0 m) (o.a.)
Beam: 90 feet 1.75 inches (27.5 m)
Draught: 27 feet (8.2 m)
Installed power: 112,000 shp (84,000 kW)
Propulsion: 4 × shafts, 2 × Steam turbine sets,
42 × water-tube boilers
Speed: 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h; 36.2 mph)
Range: 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Crew: 953
1223 (1919)

Armament:
3 × 2 – 15-inch (380 mm) guns
6 × 3, 2 × 1 – 4-inch (100 mm) guns
2 × 1 – 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft guns
2 × 1 – submerged 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour: Belt: 3–6 in (76–152 mm)
Decks: 1–2.5 in (25–64 mm)
Barbettes: 4–7 in (102–178 mm)
Gun turrets: 7–9 in (178–229 mm)
Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)
Bulkheads: 3–4 in (76–100 mm)
General characteristics (1939)
Class and type: Renown-class battlecruiser
Displacement: 36,080 long tons (36,660 t) (deep load)
Length: 794 feet (242.0 m)
Beam: 90 feet (27.4 m)
Draught: 31 feet 9 inches (9.7 m)
Installed power: 120,000 shp (89,000 kW)
Propulsion: 4 × geared steam turbines
4 × shafts, 8 × boilers
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range: 6,580 mi (10,590 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 1,200 officers and men

Armament:
3 × 2 - 15-inch guns
10 × 2 - 4.5-inch (113-mm) dual purpose guns
3 × 8 - 2-pounder (40-mm) anti-aircraft guns
Armour: Belt: 3–9 in (76–229 mm)
Decks: 1–5 in (25–127 mm)
Barbettes: 4–7 in (102–178 mm)
Gun turrets: 7–9 in (178–229 mm)
Conning tower: 10 in (254 mm)
Bulkheads: 3–4 in (76–100 mm)
Aircraft carried: 4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities: 1 × double-en

Details supplied by WIKIPEDIA

Photo Credits: Alexander Turnbull Library