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HMS Rodney was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. The ship entered service in 1928, and spent her peacetime career with the Atlantic and Home Fleets , sometimes serving as a flagship when her sister ship , Nelson , was being refitted.
HMS Rodney (1833) was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1833, converted to screw propulsion and rearmed with 70 guns in 1860, and broken up in 1884. HMS Rodney (1884) was an Admiral-class battleship launched in 1884 and sold in 1909. HMS Rodney (1916) was to have been an Admiral-class battlecruiser. She was ordered in April 1916, but ...
Because of their unusual silhouette, HMS Nelson and her sister Rodney were nicknamed Nelsol and Rodnol by Royal Navy sailors as their single-funnelled silhouettes reminded Navy men of a series of fleet oilers (oil tankers) that had been built during the First World War bearing names ending in "ol", the Ol class. [21]
Rodney was launched on 18 June 1833 at Pembroke Dockyard. [2] She was based on a design by Robert Seppings and used his diagonal bracing (short timber) construction.. The majority of her commissions saw active service in the Mediterranean Sea, but she also served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853–1856), and after being converted to a steam and screw propelled vessel, served in ...
HMS Ramillies (1915, Revenge class, 33,500 tons, main armament: eight 15-inch guns). HMS Rodney (1925, Nelson -class, 38,000 tons, main armament: nine 16-inch guns). USS Texas , western Omaha Beach ( New York class , 27,000 tons, main armament: ten 14-inch guns, Flagship of Rear Admiral Carleton F. Bryant ) primarily in support of the US 1st ...
Captain, Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (HMS Britannia) (29 Dec 1936–1939) HMS Rodney (present at destruction of German battleship Bismarck) (21 November 1939–1941) Admiral Commanding Iceland (HMS Baldur) (5 September 1941–1942 Naval Secretary to First Lord of Admiralty HMS President (31 October 1942 – December 1943)
The torpedo room in the bows of HMS Rodney. The battleship was equipped with 24.5 inch torpedoes, the heaviest torpedo in the Royal Navy inventory. One torpedo is being loaded into a tube, whilst another is being lowered into its cradle. Rodney fired a total of 10 torpedoes at Bismarck.
HMS Rodney was a battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy, a member of the Admiral class of warships designed by Nathaniel Barnaby. The ship was the last British battleship to carry a figurehead although smaller ships continued to carry them.