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HMS Renown
HMS Renown is a ship name used by the Royal Navy.
There have been several ships named HMS Renown:
- HMS Renown (1895) was the only battleship of its class. It served as Sir John Fisher's flagship on the North American station until being converted to a royal yacht in 1905. After many years in reserve, it was sold for scrap in April 1914.
- HMS Renown (1916) was a Renown-class battlecruiser that served in both the first and second world wars.
- The most recent was HMS Renown (S26) which was a Resolution-class submarine.
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