Historic oil painting of HMS Renown in her 1943 camouflage scheme, framed in silver-grey wood and displayed above a luxury interior console table with white hydrangeas.
Oil painting in a distressed silver-grey frame showing the British battleship HMS Renown cutting through choppy blue waters. She wears her distinctive 1943 geometric camouflage scheme, with dark smoke billowing from her funnels.

HMS Renown — Battlecruiser in 1943

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Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 16″ × 20″ (41 × 51 cm)
Framing Silver-grey wood
Year 2025

HMS Renown is depicted at sea in her 1943 paint scheme - a distinctive geometric camouflage pattern designed to confuse enemy targeting and disrupt the ship's visible silhouette.

HMS Renown was a battlecruiser that served throughout the Second World War, seeing action in both Atlantic and Mediterranean theatres.

Unlike some of her sister ships, Renown survived the entire war, whilst the destroyers in the background represent the supporting escort that protected capital ships like Renown from air and submarine attack.

This painting is based on research of the ship and is signed GS in the lower right, and dated 2025 in the lower left.

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Detail Views
Close-up detail of the stern of HMS Renown, showing her intricate geometric 1943 camouflage paint pattern and a distant destroyer on the horizon.
Detail: Stern and 1943 camouflage scheme
Close-up of the forward structure of HMS Renown, showing the main gun turrets, bridge superstructure, and funnels billowing dark smoke against the sky.
Detail: Forward structure and main armament
Close-up of the distressed silver-grey picture frame with white linen slip, alongside the artist's signature on the panel.
Detail: Silver-grey frame and signature

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The framed HMS Renown painting displayed against rich dark wooden wall panelling under a warm brass picture light.

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Marine artist Gregory Smith
Gregory Smith
Marine Artist · Southampton

Oil painter specialising in maritime subjects. I've exhibited seven times with the Royal Society of Marine Artists, becoming a membership candidate in 2026. Works held in private collections across ten countries.