The remains of the historic HMS Endeavour have been definitively located at a site near Newport, Rhode Island. The ship was ...

The location of the HMS Endeavour, a lost ship belonging to 18th-century British explorer Captain James Cook, has been ...

At sea in the 1890s, the last “pre-dreadnought” ships were being built, although they were soon obsolete. HMS Renown, being one such vessel was launched in 1895 and ready for service in early ...

Both ships served with distinction in the war ... Of the seven battlecruisers to enter World War II, only one (HMS Renown) survived the conflict. The USN prioritized slow, well-armored battleships ...

The next ship astern is HMS Renown. The extensive external side armor of Repulse and the larger ''bulge'' of Renown allow these ships to be readily differentiated. (credit: Wikimedia Commons ...

Meanwhile, the battlecruiser HMS Renown had a maximum of just six inches of armor. What went wrong? And was the problem with the ships or with the way they were used? In some cases, the issue does ...

I said the Royal Oak and Renown were lost. It should of course have been the sister ship to Renown, HMS Repulse. She was sunk by the Japanese in 1941. Thanks to all who corrected me. On another ...

This is tropical, sun every day, our men, swimming, nearest beach, but all the time the numbers of ships are accumulating ... because we had 15” guns on Renown, that’s not 15” long ...

This is tropical, sun every day, our men, swimming, nearest beach, but all the time the numbers of ships are accumulating ... because we had 15” guns on Renown, that’s not 15” long ...