HMS Renown, being one such vessel was launched in 1895 and ready for service in early 1897. One name associated with that ship and Bermuda was the Admiral of the Fleet John “Jackie” Fisher ...

In September 1943, returning to Britain from the Quebec Conference aboard the battleship HMS Renown, Winston Churchill called for a box of matches to be brought to the admiral’s cabin after dinner.

We were on the way back from Canada in HMS Renown, it was October 43, Mary Churchill, now Lady Soames, as most people will know, she was a couple of years older than me, bless her, she had her ...