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How much better was Renown than Repulse by the Second World War?

A brief answer identifies reconstruction as the decisive difference between the two battlecruisers.

Battlecruisers HMS Renown HMS Repulse Warship Modernisation

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Question

How much better was HMS Renown than HMS Repulse during the Second World War?

Short answer

Renown was much better because she had received the major modernization that Repulse lacked.

Notes

Renown had received the more comprehensive modernization and was therefore the markedly stronger ship by the Second World War. Reconstruction history could leave sister battlecruisers with very different wartime capabilities.