HMS Renown, Magic Lantern Glass Slide, c.1937
3 1/4” x 4”, with pencil notation on border. A dramatic view of the HMS Renown.
This battlecruiser was the eighth Royal Navy ship to bear the name, going back to 1651. It launched in 1916, and along with her sister ship the HMS Repulse, was among the world’s fastest capital ships. Between the wars and especially in the 1930’s when this image was made, the Renown was used to convey royalty on foreign tours. In WW2, the Renown participated in the Norwegian Campaign and the search for the Bismarck before moving to Gibraltar to escort convoys. In 1943, Renown was refitted to transport Churchill and his staff to various diplomatic conferences. In 1944, she was transferred to the Eastern Fleet, where she supported attacks on Japanese occupied Indonesia. Renown was retired after the war and sold for scrap in 1948.
3 1/4” x 4”, with pencil notation on border. A dramatic view of the HMS Renown.
This battlecruiser was the eighth Royal Navy ship to bear the name, going back to 1651. It launched in 1916, and along with her sister ship the HMS Repulse, was among the world’s fastest capital ships. Between the wars and especially in the 1930’s when this image was made, the Renown was used to convey royalty on foreign tours. In WW2, the Renown participated in the Norwegian Campaign and the search for the Bismarck before moving to Gibraltar to escort convoys. In 1943, Renown was refitted to transport Churchill and his staff to various diplomatic conferences. In 1944, she was transferred to the Eastern Fleet, where she supported attacks on Japanese occupied Indonesia. Renown was retired after the war and sold for scrap in 1948.
3 1/4” x 4”, with pencil notation on border. A dramatic view of the HMS Renown.
This battlecruiser was the eighth Royal Navy ship to bear the name, going back to 1651. It launched in 1916, and along with her sister ship the HMS Repulse, was among the world’s fastest capital ships. Between the wars and especially in the 1930’s when this image was made, the Renown was used to convey royalty on foreign tours. In WW2, the Renown participated in the Norwegian Campaign and the search for the Bismarck before moving to Gibraltar to escort convoys. In 1943, Renown was refitted to transport Churchill and his staff to various diplomatic conferences. In 1944, she was transferred to the Eastern Fleet, where she supported attacks on Japanese occupied Indonesia. Renown was retired after the war and sold for scrap in 1948.