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As the ''Revenge''s were refitted during the 1920s, their [[forecastle]]-deck six-inch guns were removed and they exchanged their pair of three-inch AA guns for [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V|QF four-inch (102 mm) Mk V guns]], another pair of Mk V guns was added later. Each ship received an anti-aircraft control position with a {{convert|12|ft|m|1|adj=on}} rangefinder on its foremast, except for ''Revenge'' which was fitted with an anti-aircraft [[director (military)|director]] [[HACS]] Mk I system instead. In addition the torpedo-control arrangements were improved and equipped with 12-foot rangefinders.{{sfn|Raven & Roberts|pp=137–140, 144–145}}
After a stint in the Atlantic Fleet in 1921, the ships briefly returned to the Mediterranean in September 1922 during a crisis in [[Smyrna]] that culminated in the [[Great fire of Smyrna]] as the Greco-Turkish War came to its conclusion. The ships returned to the Atlantic Fleet in November.{{sfn|Burt 2012b|pp=316–320}} In 1924, ''Resolution'' accidentally rammed and sank the submarine {{HMS|L24}} during training exercises, killing all aboard.{{sfn|McCartney|pp=78–80}} ''Royal Oak'' was involved in the so-called "Royal Oak Mutiny", between her commander, Captain [[Kenneth Dewar]] and Commander Henry Daniel, also an officer aboard the ship and Rear-Admiral [[Bernard Collard]], the commander of the 1st Battle Squadron. The situation was ultimately resolved by Admiral [[Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes|Sir Roger Keyes]] removing all three from their posts.{{sfn|
The ships remained in the Atlantic until 1927, when they once again transferred to the Mediterranean. The ''Revenge''s and ''Queen Elizabeth''s again traded places in 1935, and the five ''Revenge''-class ships were present for the [[Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth#The Coronation Review of the Fleet|Coronation Review]] for [[George VI]] on 20 May 1937.{{sfn|Burt 2012b|pp=312–320}} Throughout this period, the ships underwent repeated refits as anti-aircraft suites were upgraded so that each ship had a pair of HACS Mk III systems in lieu of their anti-aircraft control positions, except for ''Ramillies'' which received Mk I directors, and [[QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI|QF four-inch Mk XVI]] AA guns in twin mounts replaced the single Mk V guns. They also received light AA guns for the first time in the form of two octuple [[QF 2 pounder naval gun#QF 2-pounder Mark VIII|two-pounder ({{cvt|40|mm|in|1}}) Mk VIII "pom-pom"]] mounts, each with their own directors, and a pair of quadruple [[Vickers .50 machine gun|Vickers {{cvt|0.5|in|1}}]] [[anti-aircraft machinegun|AA machinegun]] mounts. The submerged torpedo tubes were removed as was all of the torpedo-control equipment. ''Royal Oak'' was the exception as she had her submerged tubes replaced by above-water tubes. She was also the only ship to receive additional armour when 4-inch plates were added to the deck over her magazines and {{convert|2.5|in|adj=on|0}} over her engine rooms. This armour increased her displacement by {{convert|900|LT|t}}.{{sfn|Raven & Roberts|pp=166–168, 170, 172–173, 177, 182}} The ''Royal Sovereign''s did not, however, receive the same extensive reconstructions that some of the ''Queen Elizabeth''-class ships underwent, as the modernization program was interrupted by the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in 1939.{{sfn|Levy|p=9}} The war also forced the cancellation of a plan to add the same armour to ''Royal Sovereign'' and ''Ramillies''.{{sfn|Raven & Roberts|p=185}}
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