It had lain underwater after accidental magazine explosions sank the battleship HMS Vanguard at Scapa Flow in 1917.

The battleship HMS Warspite was protected by an armor belt between the deck and waterline that was up to thirteen inches thick. Meanwhile, the battlecruiser HMS Renown had a maximum of just six ...

The battleship HMS Warspite was protected by an armor belt between the deck and waterline that was up to thirteen inches thick. Meanwhile, the battlecruiser HMS Renown had a maximum of just six ...

What You Need to Know: HMS Vanguard, Britain’s last battleship, was laid down in 1941 amid shifting naval tactics favoring aircraft carriers over traditional battleships. Despite being completed ...

The new battleship HMS Renown had just arrived in Bermuda on November 12 as the flagship for Admiral “Jackie” Fisher (who lived on board in well-appointed accommodation with Lady Fisher and ...

With the Eastern Fleet in HMS Renown, 1944 Transcribed from a video recording From there on it gets more exciting, or more interesting, because it’s in the Tropics now. Straight down the Suez ...

When Renown rejoined the fleet she looked nothing like her sister ship Repulse but proved her self through out the war.

With the Eastern Fleet in HMS Renown, 1944 Transcribed from a video recording From there on it gets more exciting, or more interesting, because it’s in the Tropics now. Straight down the Suez ...