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'''HMS ''Renown''''' is a ship name used by the [[Royal Navy]].

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Eight ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''''Renown''''', whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:

* {{ship|English ship|Renown|1651}} was a 20-gun [[fireship]], previously the French ship Renommée. She was captured in 1651 by {{ship|English ship|Nonsuch|1646|2}} and sold in 1654.

* One [[HMS Renown (1916)|''Renown'']] was a [[Renown class battlecruiser|''Renown''-class battlecruiser]]

* {{HMS|Renown|1747}} was a 30-gun [[fifth rate]], previously the French ship ''Renommée''. She was captured in 1747 by {{HMS|Dover|1740|6}} and broken up in 1771.

* The most recent [[HMS Renown (S26)|''Renown'' was a [[Resolution class submarine|''Resolution''-class submarine]].

* {{HMS|Renown|1774}} was a 50-gun [[fourth rate]] launched in 1774 and broken up in 1794.

* {{HMS|Renown|1798}} was a 74-gun [[third rate]] launched in 1798. She had been built under the name HMS ''Royal Oak'', but was renamed in 1796. She was on harbour service from 1814 and was broken up in 1835.

* {{HMS|Renown|1857}} was a 91-gun [[second rate]] launched in 1857 and sold to Prussia in 1870.

* [[HMS Victoria (1887)|HMS ''Renown'']] was to have been a {{sclass|Victoria|battleship}}, but she was renamed {{HMS|Victoria|1887|6}} in 1887 and launched later that year.

* [[HMS Empress of India (1891)|HMS ''Renown'']] was to have been a {{sclass|Royal Sovereign|battleship|2}} but she was renamed {{HMS|Empress of India|1891|6}} in 1890 and launched in 1891.

* {{HMS|Renown|1895}} was a unique battleship launched in 1895 and sold for scrap in 1914.

* [[HMS Revenge (06)|HMS ''Renown'']] was to have been a {{sclass|Revenge|battleship|2}} but she was renamed {{HMS|Revenge|06|6}} in 1913 and launched in 1915.

* {{HMS|Renown|1916}} was a {{sclass|Renown|battlecruiser}} launched in 1916 and sold in 1948.

* {{HMS|Renown|S26}} was a {{sclass|Resolution|submarine}} launched in 1967. She was paid off in 1996 and is currently awaiting disposal.

==Battle honours==

Ships named ''Renown'' have earned the following [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honours]]:

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*[[Battle of the Gabbard|Gabbard]], 1653

*[[Battle of Scheveningen|Scheveningen]], 1653

*[[Battle of Ushant (1782)|Ushant]], 1782

*[[Battle of Abukir (1801)|Egypt]], 1801

*[[Norwegian Campaign|Norway]], 1940

*[[Battle of Cape Spartivento|Spartivento]], 1940

*[[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]], 1940

*[[German battleship Bismarck|''Bismarck'']], 1941

*[[Battle of the Mediterranean|Mediterranean]], 1941

*[[Malta convoys|Malta Convoys]], 1941−42

*[[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic]], 1942

*[[Operation Torch|North Africa]], 1942

*[[Operation Crimson|Sabang]], 1944

*[[East Indies]], 1944

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== See also ==

* {{ship|French ship|Renommée}}

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