HMS Repulse
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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, her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war because she would not be ready in time. Admiral Lord Fisher, upon becoming First Sea Lord, gained approval for her to resume 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 ship 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. Repulse and her sister ship Renown were the world's fastest capital ships upon completion.
1916
Wikimedia, Wikidata
34
speed 32 knot, speed 31.7 knot,
John Brown & Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
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Location: 55.8978, -4.4044, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
12 places
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| event | armed conflict | 580 | Battle of Alclud Ford | Kingdom of Bernicia, Kingdom of Rheged, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 870 | Siege of Dumbarton | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1164 | Battle of Renfrew | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1544 | Battle of Glasgow | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1560 | Battle of Glasgow | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1568 | Battle of Langside | battle, Kingdom of Scotland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1603 | Battle of Glen Fruin | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1645 | Battle of Kilsyth | battle, Covenanters, Confederate Ireland, Cavalier | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1650 | Battle of Hieton | battle, Commonwealth of England | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1679 | Battle of Bothwell Bridge | battle, ballad, musical work/composition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Clydebank Blitz | Nazi Germany, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Greenock Blitz | Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | naval-history.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | 1933 | Maillé Brézé | destroyer, Vauquelin-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | A. & J. Inglis | arms industry, shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata | |
| organisation | arms industry | Scottish Iron and Steel Company | arms industry, business | Wikidata | |
| organisation | arms industry | 2008 | BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships | arms industry, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1750 | Alexander Stephen and Sons | shipyard, business, shipbuilding | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1834 | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | shipyard, shipbuilding, public company, vehicle construction | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1837 | William Beardmore and Company | automotive industry, shipyard, business, locomotive manufacturing, shipbuilding, automobile manufacturer, metal industry, commercial organization, machinery industry and plant construction | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1861 | Charles Connell and Company | shipyard, shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1865 | Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited | shipyard, shipbuilding, business, enterprise, manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers, Manufacture of military fighting vehicles | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1988 | Kvaerner Govan | shipyard, shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1840 | William Denny and Brothers | shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1967 | Scott Lithgow | shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1968 | Upper Clyde Shipbuilders | shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | Blackwood and Gordon | shipbuilding company | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | Greenock Dockyard Company | shipbuilding company | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | William Hamilton and Company | shipbuilding company | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1711 | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1826 | Robert Napier and Sons | shipbuilding, engineering activities and related technical consultancy, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1830 | Robert Duncan and Co. | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1851 | John Brown & Company | shipbuilding, enterprise, shipbuilding company, business, machinery industry and plant construction | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1860 | Lobnitz | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1872 | D. and W. Henderson and Company | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1874 | Lithgows | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1898 | Napier and Miller | shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1903 | Ferguson Marine Engineering | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1999 | BAE Systems Marine | shipbuilding, business, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Drumbowie Farm anti-aircraft battery | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Gryffe Wraes Cottage, anti-aircraft site 185m WNW of | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | High Mathernock, AA battery 350m WSW and camp 360 SW of | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Larkfield Battery | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Portkil Battery, 6-inch battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Steel Cottage, anti-aircraft battery 480m NW of | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | East Kilbride Regional War Room | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Inverkip Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Strathclyde Regional Council - Dumbarton Emergency Headquarters - Garshake | civil defense center, Strathclyde Regional Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Strathclyde Regional Council - Dumbarton Emergency Headquarters - Crosslet | civil defense center, Strathclyde Regional Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Torrance House Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Ardencaple Castle | ruins, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Ardgowan Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie | tower house, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Barr Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Cadzow Castle | archaeological site, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Caldwell Tower | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Castle Semple | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Cathcart Castle | tower house, ringwork castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dumbarton Castle | contour fort, Historic Environment Scotland, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Lennox Castle | country house, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Lennox Castle | castle, former hospital | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Mearns Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Mugdock Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1180 | Crookston Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, ringwork castle, archaeological site, tower house | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1290 | Kilmahew Castle | Clan Napier, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Matilda | fort, neighborhood | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1896 | Glenlee | preserved watercraft, independent museum, barque, museum ship, tripadvisor | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Empire Spruce | naval tug, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS K13 | fleet submarine, shipwreck, K-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | MTB 702 | motor torpedo boat, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1842 | HMS Cumberland | third-rate, shipwreck, Cumberland-class ship of the line | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1916 | HMS Repulse | Renown-class battlecruiser, shipwreck, battlecruiser | Wikidata |
