Talk:HMS Renown (1916)/Archive 1

Torpedos
Wasn't this ship also armed with torpedos? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.118.60.174 (talk) 13:26, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, she was. Both RENOWN and REPULSE were fitted with underwater torpedo tubes as first built. During her reconstruction, RENOWN had her underwater torpedo tubes removed, and replaced with four above-water tubes on the upper deck. Source: Renown & Repulse, Ensign 8, Maurice P. Northcott. Vvmodel (talk) 12:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

RENOWN's return to Europe
In early 1945, RENOWN was recalled to home waters, reportedly to guard against a 'death ride' by surviving Kreigsmarine units.

The Admiralty assessment of the Kreigsmarine was that 'There may be a fair proportion of fanatical Nazis among the officers, and it is probable that some may prefer to sacrifice themselves in a desperate attack rather than survive to suffer the defeat that is now generally accepted". With all four surviving KGV-class battleships deployed in the Pacific, RENOWN was 'the only remaining ship capable of overhauling and outgunning anything afloat in home waters' (Bassett, Battle-cruisers: author's italics).

Ironically, by the time that RENOWN reached home waters, the only German ships which could have acted in this way (ADMIRAL SCHEER, HIPPER, EMDEN and LUTZOW) had all been destroyed or disabled. Vvmodel (talk) 12:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

HMS Refit?
The main article states that RENOWN became nicknamed 'HMS Refit' after her 1930s reconstruction.

In fact, however, RENOWN and REPULSE became known to the lower deck as 'Refit' and 'Repair' in their earliest days, due to the number of changes that were made to rectify their deficiencies of armour - as first commissioned, the ships' two uninterrupted rows of scuttles revealed their severe lack of armour.

Between the designing and ordering of these ships and their arrival in service, battlecruiser losses at the Battle of Jutland had revealed the shortcomings of the "speed is armour" philosophy to which these ships had been conceived. Vvmodel (talk) 12:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

New lease of life?
According to some reports, in early 1945 the Admiralty considered subjecting RENOWN to an extensive rebuild enabling her to serve for a furher twenty years, although it was eventually decided not to proceed with this plan. Had this project been undertaken, the ship would have been in service for an astonishing fifty years. Vvmodel (talk) 12:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

The only pre-1939 battlecruiser to survive ?
The German WW1 battlecruiser SMS Goeben (see Wikipedia article of that name), transferred to Turkey as the Yavuz, survived till the early 1970’s.

Perhaps an update is needed here. Is anybody happy to do this ? Otherwise I'll give it a go in a little while !

Bunya (talk) 00:20, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I have modified the article to reflect this. Jll (talk) 17:40, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Date of President Truman's visit. The article says Truman boarded HMS Renoun on 3 August 1945 to meet King George VI, but the official log of his trip gives the date as 2 August. (Note that the photograph of Truman and King George VI included with the article is correctly dated 2 August.) Gwogletree (talk) 23:56, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

detail
I suggest to rewrite

From January to March 1920 Renown was refitted more extensively as a "royal yacht".[14] Her aft 4-inch mounting and both 3-inch AA guns were removed so that extra accommodation and a promenade deck could be built. A large deck house was built on the shelter deck between the funnels.

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From January to March 1920 Renown was refitted more extensively as a "royal yacht".[14] A promenade deck replaced the aft 4-inch mounting (see photo number 4 in Maritime Quest) and the construction of a large deck house on the shelter deck between the funnels caused the removal of the 3-inch AA guns.

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The rear triple 4-inch gun mount was replaced

replaced actually means repositiones/restored.

If you may access the first version of this comment, you will see how the original text led me to a ridiculous misunderstanding that I fixed searching the images of the time. pietro151.29.249.152 (talk) 09:07, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Boilers
The entry reads that she had 42 boilers! I have corrected this. Jim Whitaker (talk) 09:50, 20 December 2018 (UTC)
 * She did have 42 boilers when built. When she was modernized in the 1930s, the new boilers were very much fewer.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:33, 20 December 2018 (UTC)