1920 HMS Renown in Limon Bay, Panama Canal

HMS Renown Battlecruiser

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. Construction was halted at the commencement of World War 1, but was restarted to a different design, and she was completed as a battlecruiser.

Renown did not see combat during the war and was reconstructed twice between the wars; the 1920s reconstruction increased her armour protection and made other more minor improvements, while the 1930s reconstruction was much more thorough.

Renown served extensively throughout World War 2 and was sold for scrap in 1948.