Renown (Renown Class)


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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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