She was briefly assigned to the Home Fleet and provided cover to several Arctic convoys in early 1942. Renown spent much of 19 assigned to Force H at Gibraltar, escorting convoys and she fought in the inconclusive Battle of Cape Spartivento.

Repulse was sunk on 10 December 1941 in the South China Sea off Kuantan, Pahang by Japanese aircraft. Renown frequently conveyed royalty on their foreign tours and served as flagship of the Battlecruiser Squadron when Hood was refitting.Д«oth ships served during the Second World War they searched for the Admiral Graf Spee in 1939, participated in the Norwegian Campaign of AprilвЂ“June 1940 and searched for the German battleship Bismarck in 1941. Repulse accompanied the battlecruiser Hood during the Special Service Squadron's round-the-world cruise in 1923вЂ“1924 and protected British interests during the Spanish Civil War between 1936вЂ“1939. Both ships were reconstructed twice between the wars the 1920s reconstruction increased their armour protection and made lesser improvements, while the 1930s reconstruction was much more thorough, especially for Renown. 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. They were the world's fastest capital ships upon their commissioning.

They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but they were delivered a few months after the Battle of Jutland in 1916. The Director of Naval Construction (DNC), Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt, quickly produced an entirely new design to meet Admiral Lord Fisher's requirements and the builders agreed to deliver the ships in 15 months. Admiral Lord Fisher, upon becoming First Sea Lord, gained approval to restart their construction as battlecruisers that could be built and enter service quickly. They 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. The Renown class consisted of two battlecruisers built during the First World War for the Royal Navy. General characteristics ( Renown as built)

Revenge class heavy carrier