User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-27820070-20150629175348

 REVIEW: RENOWN CLASS BATTLESHIP 

Overall, the Renown is a VERY good ship. It has guns capable of damaging and destroying ANY ship in the game with concentrated firepower, while it's speed and manuverability, while it isn't perfect, it certainly triumphs over most of the battleships in the fame.

Right away, your choice of arrangement is pretty limited. You can either equip the cheap 14" gun, which have a 12 second reload and only 1400 damage, or the more expensive 15" gun, which has more or less the same reload but with a MUCH higher damage potential of 2350. I recommend the 15", obviously.

Once you upgrade, the choice isn't very straight forward as you might think. You get either a upgrade to your existing 15" gun that boosts it's range and damage, or you can get the triple 16" gun that the NELSON gets. The triple 16" gun has 2700 damage, and has a much more superior range to the 15" gun. However, it takes VERY LONG to reload, and it is very heavy. You would either have to sacrifice your armor or your secondary weapons in order to still go at a reasonable speed.

It's secondaries are Amazon-destroyer guns. You can either equip the BL Mk. 1's which gives 200 range, or the dual barreled BL which gives 135 range but also has insane RoF.

The armor...well...is terrible. The Country-Class was known for having crappy armor, and that trait is passed on to the Renown. You can ONLY fit 5 inches of belt and deck armor after you put your primary arrangement and secondary arrangement. Having such low armor means that even CRUISERS can out armor you.

The ship also accelerates to it's rather slow top speed of 30 knots for a battlecruiser (provided, that's with my loadout of 15" guns, secondaries, and 5 inches of belt and deck armor).

However, that doesn't nessecarily make the Renown a bad ship, not by any stretch of the imagination. All of the pros for the Renown outweigh the cons, and for the first time, the British line of ships stretching from the Emerald to the Vanguard don't suck. The Renown is a MURDER MACHINE if you manage to upgrade and use it to it's full potential.

Renown gets a 8.75/10.