HMS Renown (1895)
British predreadnought battleship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Renown.
HMS Renown was a second-class predreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1890s. Intended to command cruiser squadrons operating on foreign stations, the ship served as the flagship of the North America and West Indies Station and the Mediterranean Fleet early in her career. Becoming obsolete as cruiser speeds increased, Renown became a royal yacht and had all of her secondary armament removed to make her more suitable for such duties. She became a stoker's training ship in 1909 and was listed for disposal in 1913. The ship was sold for scrap in early 1914.
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Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Centurion class |
Succeeded by | Majestic class |
Built | 1893–1897 |
In service | 1897–1913 |
Planned | 1 |
Completed | 1 |
Scrapped | 1 |
History | |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Renown |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Cost | £751,206 |
Laid down | 1 February 1893 |
Launched | 8 May 1895 |
Completed | January 1897 |
Decommissioned | 31 January 1913[1] |
Stricken | 31 January 1913 |
Nickname(s) | "The Battleship Yacht" |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 April 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Pre-dreadnought battleship |
Displacement | 12,865 long tons (13,071 t) (deep load) |
Length | 412 ft 3 in (125.7 m) (o.a.) |
Beam | 72 ft 4 in (22.0 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 3 in (8.3 m) (deep load) |
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Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
Range | 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 651–674 |
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