HMS Renown (1895)

Class overview
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)
Installed power	10,000 ihp (7,500 kW) 8 cylindrical boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
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
Armament	4 × BL 10-inch (254 mm) guns 10 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) Mk II guns 12 × QF 12-pounder guns 12 × QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns 5 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes
Armour	Harvey armour Belt: 6–8 in (152–203 mm) Deck: 2–3 in (51–76 mm) Barbettes: 10 in (254 mm) Gun turrets: 3–6 in (76–152 mm) Conning tower: 3–9 in (76–229 mm) Bulkheads: 6–10 in (152–254 mm)

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.