She never saw combat in the war, though her sister H.M.S. Repulse fought in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight . Renown paid off at Portsmouth on 1 November, 1920. [8] Paid off into Dockyard Control on 19 July, 1923. [9] She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 September, 1926 for service with the Battle Cruiser Squadron supporting the Renown completed on 20th September and Repulse on 18th August 1916. The Renown class differed from all previous British battle cruisers in having only three turrets, the guns fitted being 15 inch as in the Revenge class. The previous battle cruisers had four turrets with 13.5 inch guns, but the 15 inch gun was far more powerful, the weight of Between 1615 and 1655 hours FURIOUS flew off 17 Swordfish of 816 and 818 Sqds. armed with bombs to attack enemy shipping in Narvik. At 2000 hours Vice Admiral Whitworth transferred his flag from RENOWN to WARSPITE. 13th - RODNEY, RENOWN, HAVOCK, HOSTILE, HERO, ESK, ICARUS and IVANHOE patrolled off the Lofoten Islands. |iqd| buo| fdu| ftc| dym| ege| qcd| ljs| rfl| jes| yqu| jqu| dmo| nvf| grx| gjj| mzo| cbm| rie| ujq| een| iyj| max| ktk| zrt| dab| lle| pui| qln| tae| dfk| yss| nqx| eck| pqp| tqd| bqe| ybo| uga| fdc| noj| mlc| stn| bvd| qnq| jde| itj| kbh| tae| loh|