Force K was a heavy Royal Navy force for hunting surface raiders in 1939. The battlecruiser HMS Renown and the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal were its principal ships. H-class destroyers accompanied them. Ark Royal's aircraft and Renown's speed and guns gave the group several ways to intercept a raider.
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Force K as a heavy raider-hunting force
In 1939, Force K combined HMS Renown, HMS Ark Royal, and H-class destroyers as a heavy anti-surface raider-hunting group.