H.M.S. RENOWN
A COSTLY REFIT.
EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS,
LESSONS OF JUTLAND
BY CAB I/E —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 11.30 a.m. to-day. , LONDON, Sept. 17. H.M.S. Renown left Portsmouth, to-* day to join the battle-cruiser squadron, after a refit extending over three years and costing £980,000, extensive alterations having been made as a result of Jutland experiences. She is now second . only to H.M.S. Hood as the most powerful and most up-to-date battlecruiser afloat. She will'participate in the exercises in Scottish waters then in the display in connection with the Do minion Prime, Ministersf ■ visit in October. After that she returns to Portsmouth to be prepared for the tour of the Duke and Duchess of York. 1 .
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 September 1926, Page 5
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