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HMS Renown
HMS Renown 
HMS Renown HMS Renown was the lead ship of her class of battle cruisers of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down on the 30th of December 1914 as an improved version of the Revenge-class by Fairfield at Govan, Scotland. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner. Admiral Lord Fisher, upon becoming First Sea Lord, gained approval to restart her construction with a revised design which could be built and enter service quickly. The Director of Naval Construction (DNC), Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, quickly produced an entirely new design to meet Admiral Lord Fisher's requirements and the builders agreed to deliver the ships in 15 months. Construction of the revised design began on the 25th of January 1915. They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was launched on the 4th of March 1916 and commissioned on the 20th of September 1916 at a cost of £3,117,204.
Renown, and her sister HMS Repulse, were the world's fastest capital ships upon completion. Renown did not see combat during the war and was reconstructed twice between the wars before seeing service during the Second World War. She was sold for scrapping on the 19th of March 1948
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Those known to have served in HMS Renown during the Great War 1914-1918. - Arnold John. Chief Petty Officer (d.1 Feb 1918)
- Shuttle George Pike. Able Sea. (d.17th Jun 1917)
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