French naval reinforcement could allow Renown to join the Mediterranean Fleet and support Warspite. Another proposed assignment puts the battlecruiser with Force X in the Adriatic. Italian observers might report her as a battleship. That would present a different strategic problem from a force of cruisers and destroyers operating there.
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Renown with Force X in the Adriatic
Sending Renown into the Adriatic with Force X could confront Italy with reports of an Allied capital ship operating close to its coast.