4 Points You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy might have begun World War II with faster battlecruisers had it prioritized building them after World War I, instead of slow, heavily armored battleships ...

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 ...

In September 1943, returning to Britain from the Quebec Conference aboard the battleship HMS Renown, Winston Churchill called for a box of matches to be brought to the admiral’s cabin after ...

The battlecruiser HMS Repulse leading other Royal Navy capital ships during maneuvers, circa the late 1920s. The next ship astern is HMS Renown.

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 ...

15.20hrs. Definitively confirmed, one battleship hit and damaged by Ark Royal aircraft, one cruiser damaged and on fire (by HMS Southampton), one destroyer sunk and one damaged.

I said the Royal Oak and Renown were lost. It should of course have been the sister ship to Renown, HMS Repulse. She was sunk by the Japanese in 1941. Thanks to all who corrected me.

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 ...

15.20hrs. Definitively confirmed, one battleship hit and damaged by Ark Royal aircraft, one cruiser damaged and on fire (by HMS Southampton), one destroyer sunk and one damaged.