An item referred to the US Naval Authorities reporting on 16 July that the conditions in the Panama Canal were now normal. Shortly before the British battle cruiser HMS Renown passed was a landslide reported.
Note
1. Of the Renown-class with as sister ship the Repulse. Original laid down as an improved Revenge-class design but when the First World War broke out was her completion delayed and afterwards completed as battle cruisers. Building ordered on 30 December 1914, laid down at Fairfield, Govan, Scotland on 25 January 1915, launched on 4 March 1916, commissioned on 20 September 1915 and sold on 19 March 1948.
Source
The National Archives CAB-24-109-68. Secret Admiralty Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 2 dated 17 July 1920
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