HMS Renown was the lead ship in a series of two Royal Navy battlecruisers armed with 381 mm main guns built at the end of the First World War, during which both ships saw limited use. HMS Renown took an active part in the events of the Second World War: the ship was on missions in the North Sea, and for a long time was engaged in escorting Maltese convoys, provided long-range cover for the Arctic convoys to the USSR and participated in the Allied landings in Africa. While serving in the Indian Ocean, she became the flagship of the Eastern Fleet and took part in attacks on Japanese bases in the Philippines, and at the very end of the war even became the flagship of the home fleet. The cruiser was decommissioned in 1946, and soon after scrapped in 1948.

The battlecruiser Renown will become a new event ship at rank V in the British bluewater fleet tech tree. The high firepower and good cruising performance of the ship are most fully revealed in the attack on enemy positions and the hunt for the most heavily armoured opponents.

The main battery of HMS Renown is six 381 mm guns in three twin-barreled turrets. Two turrets and four of six main guns are located in the fore part of the hull one over another, which means that the ship is perfect for engaging enemy ships along its course, minimising the ship’s profile and dodging enemy shells.