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| Laid down | 25th January 1915 |
| Launched | 4th March 1916 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | September 1916 |
| Fate | Decommissioned: September 1944 Scrapped: 1948 |
| Builders | Fairfield, Govan United Kingdom |
| Complement | As built: 856 Refitted: 880 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | As built: 27950 tons std 32730 tons max Refitted: 32000 tons std 37400 tons max |
| Dimensions | 794' x 90' |
| Draught | 26' 7" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 6 x 15" (3 x 2) |
| Secondary guns | As built: 17 x 4 (5 x 3, 2 x 1) 1939: 20 x 4.5" (10 x 2) 1945: 8 x 4.5" (4 x 2) |
| Torpedo tubes | As built: 2 x 21" Refitted: None |
| Other weapons | As built: 2 x 3" 1939: 24 x 2pdr (3 x 8) 1945: 24 x 2pdr (3 x 8) 64 x 20mm |
| Countermeasures | None |
| Armour | As built: Belt: 1.5" - 6" Deck: 0.5" - 3" Turrets: 4" - 11" 1926: Belt: 2" - 9" Deck: 1" - 4" Turrets: 4" - 11" |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | As built: None 1926: 4 x seaplanes 1943: None |
| Flightdeck | None |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | 1 |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | N/A |
| Sonar | N/A |
| ECM | None |
| Other | N/A |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | As built: 42 x Babcock & Wilcox boilers 4 x Brown Curtis steam turbines Refitted: 8 x Admiralty boilers 4 x Parsons steam turbines |
| Power output | As built: 120000shp Refitted: 130000shp |
| Speed | As built: 32kts 1939: 29kts |
| Shafts | 4 |
| Range | 3650NM @ 30kts |
| Fuel | 4200 tons oil |
Renown was first refitted between May 1923 and August 1926 at Portsmouth. Between September 1936 and February 1939, she was again refitted at Portsmouth.
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