RENOWN (March 4, 1916)

Displacement: 30,750 tons (37,000 tons full load)
Complement: 1,181/1,205
Length:(pp.) 750 feet; (w.l.), 787 3/4 feet; (o.a.) 794 feet 1 1/2 in
Beam: 102 2/3 feet
Draught: 26 2/3 feet (mean), 30 1/4 feet (max.)
Fitted as flagship
Guns:
6 - 15 inch, 42 cal.
8 - 4,5 inch (dual purpose)
24 - 2 pdr. pompoms
64 - 20 mm. AA.
Machinery: Parsons geared turbines. 4 shafts. Boilers: 8 Admiralty 3-drum type (300 lb. Working pressure). S.H.P.: 120,000 = 29 kts. Oil fuel: 1,000 tons normal, 4,289 tons max. Radius of action, about 3,650 miles.
Armour: Understood that protection was considerably increased during 1936-39 reconstruction.

Note to Plan. - Mainmast is now a tripod. 12 of the 4,5 inch guns shown were removed when fire-control arrangements were brought up to date in 1946.

Name

Builder

Machinery

Laid down

Completed

Trials

Renown

Fairfield

Cammell Laird

Jan. 25, 1915

Sept, 1916

126,300=32,68
General Notes. - This ship was provided for under 1914 Navy Estimates, as a battleship. After Falkland Islands battle she was re-designed as a battle cruiser. Cost, GBP 3,117,204. Refits: 1919-20, GBP 100,738; 1921-22, GBP 175,518; 1924-26, GBP 979,927; 1936-39 (complete reconstruction and re-engining), GBP 3,088,008. Sister ship, Repulse was lost in Dec., 1941.