HMS Renown (1916)
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HMS Renown was the lead ship of her class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the Revenge-class battleships. He
Renown in May 1920
Renown with an aircraft atop 'B' turret, 1918
Renown in Fremantle, Western Australia, carrying the Duke and Duchess of York back to England in 1927
Renown following her reconstruction, 1928
Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included her sister ship Gnei
HMS Renown (1916)
…Squadron when Hood was paid off to refit that month. Renown supported British forces during the Norwegian campaign and engaged the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau on 9 April. Renown spotted the German ships and fired first, but she was hit first by two 28-centimetre (11 in) shells that only slightly…
Scharnhorst
Scharnhorst in the Kiel Canal (Rendsburg High Bridge in the background)
Scharnhorst in port
Scharnhorst firing on HMS Glorious, 8 June 1940