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RENOWN CLASS MODEL
The Renown
class was a class of battlecruiser built during the
First World War for the Royal Navy. The ships were
originally laid down as improved versions of the
Revenge-class battleships, but their construction was
suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds they
would not be ready in a timely manner. They were
restarted as battlecruisers that could be built and
enter service quickly. The two ships of this class were
the world's fastest capital ships upon their
commissioning.
The HMS
Repulse was the only ship of her class to see combat in
the First World War when she participated in the Second
Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917. Both ships of
the Renown class were reconstructed twice between the
wars. The 1920s reconstruction increased their armor
protection, while the 1930s reconstruction was much more
thorough, especially for the HMS Renown. Repulse
accompanied the battlecruiser Hood during the Special
Service Squadron's round-the-world cruise in 1923–1924
and protected British interests during the Spanish Civil
War between 1936 and 1939. Renown frequently conveyed
royalty on their foreign tours and served as flagship of
the Battlecruiser Squadron when Hood was refitting.
Both ships
of the Renown class served during the Second World War;
they searched for the Admiral Graf Spee in 1939,
participated in the Norwegian Campaign of April–June
1940 and searched for the Bismarck in 1941. HMS Repulse
was sunk on 10 December 1941 in the South China Sea off
Kuantan, Pahang by Japanese aircraft. Renown spent much
of 1940 and 1941 assigned to Force H at Gibraltar,
escorting convoys and she fought in the inconclusive
Battle of Cape Spartivento. The ship was transferred
back to Force H for Operation Torch and spent much of
1943 refitting or transporting Winston Churchill and his
staff to and from various conferences with various
Allied leaders. In early 1944 Renown was transferred to
the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean where she
supported numerous attacks on Japanese-occupied
facilities in Indonesia and various island groups in the
Indian Ocean. The ship returned to the Home Fleet in
early 1945 and was refitted before being placed in
reserve after the end of the war. She was sold for scrap
in 1948.
We build this primarily wood
Renown class
model the following sizes.
27" long (1/350 scale), 48" long (1/200 scale), 61"
long (1/144 scale), and 96" long (1/100 scale.)
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Learn more about the
Renown class battlecruiser here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renown-class_battlecruiser
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