An item reported that after the visit by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales [the later king Edward VIII] to Jamaica was cancelled, changed also the program of the British battle cruiser HMS Renown. She was to depart from Colon, Panama on 14 September, arriving at Grenada on 17 September, the next day at Trinidad, at Demerara, British Guiana [Guyana] on 21 September, Antigua on 24 September, three days later at Bermuda and finally leaving from there on 29 September bound for Portsmouth, England.
Note
1. Of the Renown-class with as sister ship the Repulse. Original laid down as an improved Revenge-class battleships 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 24-111-18
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