RENOWN REBUILT.
EQUAL ORIGINAL COST. LONDON, July 3.. After three yearn in Portsmouth dockyard, where it lias almost been rebuilt’. the 32.000-ton battle cruiser Renown, built ill 1915-16. is undergoing trials. The reconstruction, which has radically altered the warship’s appearance, cost £3.088.000, which equals the ship’s original cost. The main armament of six loin guns remains, but the secondary and antiaircraft armaments have been greatly strengthened
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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66RENOWN REBUILT. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 205, 31 July 1939, Page 9
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