HMS Repulse was one of two Renown -class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Originally laid down as an improved version of the Revenge -class battleship, …

Accompanying her was HMS Repulse, an older but fast Renown-class battlecruiser that had seen action in the First World War and served in the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans during the …

Dec 3, 2025 · Already on duty in the Indian Ocean was the veteran, much-beloved battlecruiser HMS Repulse, which had actually fired her guns in anger, albeit only once, a quarter-century …

HMS Repulse, a 26,500-ton Renown class battlecruiser, was built at Clydebank, Scotland. Completed in August 1916, she joined the Grand Fleet following post-trials modifications and …

On December 10, 1941, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse and battleship HMS Prince of Wales sank off the east coast of Malaysia. The British warships were the central elements of Force Z, …

RENOWN-Class battlecruiser ordered in January 1915 and intended to be built by Palmer's but was transferred to John Brown of Clydebank as a longer Slipway was required,. The ship was …

HMS Repulse was initially conceived as part of a naval arms race between Britain and Germany in the early 20th century. The Renown-class battlecruisers, which included HMS Repulse and …

Part of a British naval squadron known as Force Z, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo …

T he British battle cruisers, HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales, lie deep in Malaysian waters about 50 nautical miles north of the resort island of Pulau Tioman. Unknown to the thousands …

May 24, 2022 · Repulse was completed with her main battery director in place, but had her secondary battery director system installed in September, 1916 — one month after she …