British Battleships 1919-1945 by R A Burt

Author:R A Burt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Published: 2012-02-28T08:00:00+00:00

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RENOWN: PARTICULARS, 1944

Displacement (tons) 35,240 (average load), 37,600 (deep)

Draught: 29ft 11½in forward, 29ft 9in aft (average).

Hull and dimensions as in 1939.

Armament

Main and secondary unchanged

28 × 2pdr

68 × 20mm AA. All light AA landed by July 1945

Forward group of 4.5in guns removed by May 1945.

TT: as in 1939.

All guns except single 20mm AA radar controlled.

Radar: Types 284 for main guns, 285 for 4.5 in, 282 or 283 for light AA, AW Type 281, SW Type 271.

Searchlights: as in 1939.

Armour: as in 1939.

Machinery as in 1939.

Speed: slight reduction due to additions.

After the loss of Hood in 1941 Renown was the fastest capital ship in the Royal Navy.

Aircraft: Approval to remove catapult given 19 January 1943.

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