RENOWN ON TRIALS
£3,OUHSOOO Reconstruction
LONDON, July 30.
After three years in Portsmouth dockyard, where it has been almost rebuilt, the warship Renown is now undergoing trials. The reconstruction, which Jias radically altered the appcaraiMto of the vessel, cost 13,055,000, "which equals the original cost of the ship. Thehmain armament of six 15in. guns remains, but: the secondary armament of anfri-a intra ft guns has been greatly strengthened.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 260, 1 August 1939, Page 9
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