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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{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>}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Richard Sawbridge|nick=Henry R. Sawbridge|end=18 December, 1935<ref>He was superseded by Miles.  Miles Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. 327.</ref>}}
 
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{{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}}
 
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Revision as of 17:58, 3 November 2015

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

Service

Paid off at Portsmouth on 1 November, 1920.[7]

Alterations

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.[8]

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 Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 853.
  8. The Technical History and Index: Fire Control in HM Ships, pp. 9-11, 16.
  9. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  10. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  11. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  12. Hodges Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 471.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 891.
  14. The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 891.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 852.
  16. Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  17. Meade Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 177.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. Bailey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 218.
  20. Bailey Service Record. The National Archives. 196/47. f. 218.
  21. Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  22. Edward-Collins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91. f. 154.
  23. Thursfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 276.
  24. Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  25. Calvert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/14. f. 7.
  26. He was superseded by Miles. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  27. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.
  28. Miles Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 327.

Bibliography


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