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Royal Navy RP Postcard. HMS "Renown" Battlecruiser. WW1 & WW2. Censor. c 1917

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Seller: 24jcab ✉️ (9,144) 100%, Location: London, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 166629568296 Royal Navy RP Postcard. HMS "Renown" Battlecruiser. WW1 & WW2. Censor. c 1917. Royal Navy RP Postcard. HMS "Renown" Battlecruiser. WW1 & WW2. Port view. "Not passed by Censor. On no account to be sent off of ship"  c 1917

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PROVENANCE

This fine postcard   is from a Superb World Class Collection that I purchased from auction. The original Owners spent decades assembling this collection.  Highly knowledgeable, meticulous and clearly attached to their work they could even identify the time and place where these images were taken!

This is a  rare “working” collection  (started at least 70 years ago) involving the premier professionals ( e.g. Richard Perkins ) who were photographing, producing, identifying and collecting these postcards and photographs of Royal Navy vessels particularly of the early 20th century. Along with these even came the filing system!

Even if there are multiple real photographic postcards of individual ships each postcard is different whether taken from the bow, stern, starboard or port side!   A Truly remarkable collection!

Description

HMS "Renown"    was the   lead ship   of   her class   of   battlecruisers   of the   Royal Navy   built during the   First World War . She was originally laid down as an improved version of the   Revenge -class   battleships. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner.   Admiral Lord Fisher , upon becoming   First Sea Lord , gained approval to restart her construction as a battlecruiser that could be built and enter service quickly. The   Director of Naval Construction   (DNC),   Eustace Tennyson-D'Eyncourt , quickly produced an entirely new design to meet Admiral Lord Fisher's requirements and the builders agreed to deliver the ships in 15 months. They did not quite meet that ambitious goal, but the ship was delivered a few months after the   Battle of Jutland   in 1916.   Renown , and her   sister   HMS Repulse , were the world's fastest   capital ships   upon completion.

Renown  did not see combat during the war and was reconstructed twice between the wars; the 1920s reconstruction increased her armour protection and made other more minor improvements, while the 1930s reconstruction was much more thorough. The ship frequently conveyed royalty on their foreign tours and served as flagship of the Battlecruiser Squadron  when Hood  was refitting.

During the Second World War , Renown  was involved in the search for the Admiral Graf Spee  in 1939, participated in the Norwegian Campaign  of April–June 1940 and the search for the German battleship Bismarck  in 1941. She spent much of 1940 and 1941 assigned to Force H  at Gibraltar , escorting convoys and she participated in the inconclusive Battle of Cape Spartivento . Renown  was briefly assigned to the Home Fleet  and provided cover to several Arctic convoys  in early 1942. The ship was transferred back to Force H for Operation Torch  and spent much of 1943 refitting or transporting Winston Churchill  and his staff to and from various conferences  with various Allied leaders. In early 1944, Renown  was transferred to the Eastern Fleet  in the Indian Ocean  where she supported numerous attacks on Japanese-occupied facilities in Indonesia  and various island groups in the Indian Ocean. The ship returned to the Home Fleet in early 1945 and was refitted before being placed in reserve  after the end of the war. Renown  was sold for scrap  in 1948.

Back:       Postally Unused. "Not passed by censor. On no account to be sent off of ship"

Condition:  Fine.  Slight fading.      See high resolution scans for details.  

Shipping:     Each card is shipped in a hard backed envelope with "Please do not Bend" on the front. Cards will be doubled up if more than one is purchased.

ALL the postcards that we sell are ORIGINALS . We have scanned directly from the original card and the image may sometimes be less vibrant than the postcard itself.

                              As a collector I hope you enjoy this purchase as much as I enjoy those that I collect!

  • Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
  • Theme: Navy Ships
  • Period: 1910s
  • Postage Condition: Unposted
  • Number of Items: Single
  • Modified Item: No
  • Subject: Royal Navy

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