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|launch=4 Mar, 1916{{DittColl|p. 36}}
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|builder=[[Fairfield]], Govan{{DittColl|p. 36}}
|builder=[[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]], Govan{{DittColl|p. 36}}
|laid=25 Jan, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 38}}
|laid=25 Jan, 1915{{Conways1906|p. 38}}
|fate=Sold
|fate=Sold
|pend=64 (Jan 916)<br>99 (Jan 1918)<br>23 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 36}}
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Renown''''' was the lead ship in her [[Renown Class Battlecruiser (1916)|class]] of "large light cruisers", which were essentially [[Battlecruiser|battlecruisers]].


==Service==
==Construction & Service==
Paid off at Portsmouth on 1 November, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 853}}
''Renown'' was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in October, 1916 &mdash; one month after she entered service.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11, 16.</ref>
 
''Renown'' was completed in September, 1916, too late to participate in the [[Battle of Jutland]].  She never saw combat in the war, though her sister {{UK-Repulse|f=p}} fought in the [[Second Battle of Heligoland Bight]].
 
''Renown'' paid off at Portsmouth on 1 November, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 853}}
 
Paid off into Dockyard Control on 19 July, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 263}}
 
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 September, 1926 for service with the {{UK-BCS}} supporting the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLFeb29|p. 262}}
 
Completed to full complement at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 263}}
 
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 June, 1932.{{NLJan33|pp. 263-4}}


==Alterations==
''Renown'' paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 September, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 266}}
''Renown'' was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in October, 1916 &mdash; one month after she entered service.<ref>''The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships'', pp. 9-11, 16.</ref>


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Renown''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Renown|f=p}}}}
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Renown''">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=12 September, 1916<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 368.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=12 September, 1916<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 368.</ref>|precBy=New Command|end=13 August, 1917<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 368.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=13 August, 1917<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 471.</ref>|end=April, 1918<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|ass=16 August, 1917<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Michael Henry Hodges|nick=Michael H. Hodges|appt=13 August, 1917<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 471.</ref>|end=April, 1918<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>|ass=16 August, 1917<ref>Hodges Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 471.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Craig Waller|nick=Arthur W. Craig|appt=17 April, 1918{{NLJan19|p. 891}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Craig Waller|nick=Arthur W. Craig|appt=17 April, 1918{{NLJan19|p. 891}}|end=14 January, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard|nick=Hugh L. P. Heard|appt=7 January, 1919<ref>"Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 7 January, 1919.  Issue '''41991''', col C, p. 3.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Augustus Taylor|nick=Ernest A. Taylor|appt=14 January, 1919{{NLAug19|p. 891}}|end=2 August, 1921}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Ernest Augustus Taylor|nick=Ernest A. Taylor|appt=14 January, 1919{{NLAug19|p. 891}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Meade|nick=Herbert Meade|appt=4 August, 1921<ref>Meade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 177.</ref>|end=16 October, 1922<ref>Meade Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 177.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Hugh Hext Rogers|nick=Hugh H. Rogers|appt=15 January, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 852}}|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Rupert Drummond|nick=The Hon. E. Rupert Drummond|appt=August, 1922|end=21 December, 1922|note=took command upon reducing to reserve}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Herbert Meade|nick=Herbert Meade|appt=August, 1921{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Glyn de Styrap Jukes Hughes|nick=Edward G. de S. Jukes Hughes|appt=21 December, 1922<ref>Jukes Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/160.|}} f. 364.</ref>|end=18 July, 1923<ref>Jukes Hughes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/160.|}} f. 364.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norton Allen Sulivan|nick=Norton A. Sulivan|appt=1926{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Norton Allen Sulivan|nick=Norton A. Sulivan|appt=20 July, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 262}}|end=19 December, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Robert Bailey|nick=Sidney R. Bailey|appt=19 December, 1927<ref>Bailey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47}}.  f. 218.</ref>|end=1 April, 1929<ref>Bailey Service Record.  {{TNA|196/47.}} f. 218.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Robert Bailey|nick=Sidney R. Bailey|appt=19 December, 1927<ref>Bailey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47}}.  f. 218.</ref>|end=1 April, 1929<ref>Bailey Service Record.  {{TNA|196/47.}} f. 218.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=1 April, 1929<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>|end=20 December, 1930<ref>Talbot Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/120.|D7604219}}  f. 65.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to Rear Admiral [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|Pound]] on transfer of flag}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=George Frederick Basset Edward-Collins|nick=G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins|appt=22 December, 1930<ref>Edward-Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 154.</ref>|end=21 March, 1932<ref>Edward-Collins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/91.|}} f. 154.</ref>|note=as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to V/A [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|Pound]]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry George Thursfield|nick=Henry G. Thursfield|appt=21 March, 1932<ref>Thursfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 276.</ref>|end=May, 1932|note=temporary, developed an ulcer}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Frederick Parker Calvert|nick=Thomas F. P. Calvert|appt=16 May, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 263}}<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>|end=14 August, 1933<ref>Calvert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/14.|D7604113}} f. 7.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Layton|nick=Geoffrey Layton|appt=18 August, 1933<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>|end=3 May, 1934<ref>Layton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/134.|D7604233}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Richard Sawbridge|nick=Henry R. Sawbridge|appt=3 May, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 265}}|end=18 December, 1935<ref>He was superseded by Miles.  Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henley Dale Nichol|nick=Henley D. Nichol|appt=28 February, 1935<ref>Nichol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/61.|}} f. 63.</ref>|end=28 February, 1935<ref>Nichol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/61.|}} f. 63.</ref>|note=temporary, vice Sawbridge, during his Court Martial, essentially ending the same day}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roderick Bruce Tremayne Miles|nick=Roderick B. T. Miles|appt=19 December, 1935<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>|end=31 August, 1936<ref>Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief Staff Officer to V.A. {{UK-BS|1}} vice Holland}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henley Dale Nichol|nick=Henley D. Nichol|appt=1 August, 1936<ref>Nichol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/61.|}} f. 63.</ref>|end=21 September, 1936<ref>Nichol Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/61.|}} f. 63.</ref>|note=vice Miles}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Barrington Simeon|nick=Charles E. B. Simeon|appt=15 May, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}|end=23 January, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Rhoderick Robert McGrigor|nick=Rhoderick R. McGrigor|appt=23 December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}|end=26 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Saumarez Daniel|nick=Charles S. Daniel|appt=26 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}|end=2 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Edward Parry|nick=William E. Parry|appt=2 January, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}|end=8 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Basil Charles Barrington Brooke|nick=Basil C. B. Brooke|appt=8 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}|end=4 January, 1946{{UBAllyWarship|4066}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=4 January, 1946<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 246.</ref>|end=10 August, 1946<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 246.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


==See Also==
==See Also==
{{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Renown_(1916)}}
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-02-HMS_Renown.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Renown_(1916)}}
{{refend}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 01:43, 5 April 2024

H.M.S. Renown (1916)
Pendant Number: 64 (Jan 916)
99 (Jan 1918)
23 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan[2]
Laid down: 25 Jan, 1915[3]
Launched: 4 Mar, 1916[4]
Commissioned: Sep, 1916[5]
Sold: 19 Mar, 1948[6]
Fate: Scrapped

H.M.S. Renown was the lead ship in her class of "large light cruisers", which were essentially battlecruisers.

Construction & Service

Renown was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in October, 1916 — one month after she entered service.[7]

Renown was completed in September, 1916, too late to participate in the Battle of Jutland. 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 Atlantic Fleet.[10]

Completed to full complement at Portsmouth on 7 June, 1929.[11]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 9 June, 1932.[12]

Renown paid off into Dockyard Control on 2 September, 1936.[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 38.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 36.
  7. ↑ The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 853.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 262.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 263.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). pp. 263-4.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 266.
  14. ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  15. ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  16. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  17. ↑ Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 891.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 891.
  20. ↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  21. ↑ Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  22. ↑ Jukes Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/160. f. 364.
  23. ↑ Jukes Hughes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/160. f. 364.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 262.
  25. ↑ Bailey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 218.
  26. ↑ Bailey Service Record. The National Archives. 196/47. f. 218.
  27. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  28. ↑ Talbot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/120. f. 65.
  29. ↑ Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  30. ↑ Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  31. ↑ Thursfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 276.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 263.
  33. ↑ Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  34. ↑ Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  35. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  36. ↑ Layton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/134. f. ?.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 265.
  38. ↑ He was superseded by Miles. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  39. ↑ Nichol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/61. f. 63.
  40. ↑ Nichol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/61. f. 63.
  41. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  42. ↑ Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  43. ↑ Nichol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/61. f. 63.
  44. ↑ Nichol Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/61. f. 63.
  45. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 246.
  56. ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 246.

Bibliography


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