Allied Warships

Battlecruisers

Royal Navy


The Renown class battlecruiser HMS Renown (72) of the Royal Navy.

All Battlecruiser classes (in service with the Royal Navy).

ClassCommissioned
 Renown (2)1916 - 1916
 Admiral (1)1920 - 1920

2 ship classes.


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War losses: Battlecruisers


 DateVesselClass

1941

Royal Navy24 May 1941HMS Hood (51)Admiral 
Royal Navy10 Dec 1941HMS Repulse (34)Renown 

1942

French Navy27 Nov 1942FR DunkerqueDunkerque 

3 Battlecruisers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.

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