Editing Renown-class battlecruiser (section)

===Battlecruisers===
Admiral Lord Fisher first presented his requirements for the new ships to the DNC on 18 December, before they had even been approved. He wanted a long, high, flared bow, like that on the [[pre-dreadnought]] {{HMS|Renown|1895|6}}, but higher, four 15-inch guns in two twin turrets, an anti-[[torpedo boat]] armament of twenty {{convert|4|in|adj=on|0}} guns mounted high up and protected by [[gun shield]]s only, speed of 32 knots using oil fuel, and armour on the scale of the battlecruiser {{HMS|Indefatigable|1909|2}}. Within a few days, however, Fisher increased the number of guns to six and added two torpedo tubes. Minor revisions in the initial estimate were made until 26 December, and a preliminary design was completed on 30 December.<ref>Roberts, pp. 47–48.</ref>

During the following week the DNC's department examined the material delivered for the two battleships and decided what could be used in the new design and the contract for ''Repulse'' was transferred from Palmers to [[John Brown & Company]] because the former lacked a slipway long enough to use for the new ship. The usable material was transferred to John Brown and both builders had received enough information from the DNC's department to lay the [[keel]]s of both ships on 25 January 1915,<ref>Raven and Roberts, p. 45.</ref><ref group=Note>Burt states that the first twelve plates were laid down for ''Repulse'' on 30 November 1914, but this is not mentioned in any other source. See Burt 1986, p. 291.</ref> well before the altered contracts were completed on 10 March<ref>Roberts, p. 47.</ref>