HMS Rodney Built by Cammell Laid and launched on the 17th December
1925. and commissioned into the Royal navy on the 7th December 1927. HMS
Rodney served with the home Fleet 1939 - 1942 with Force H in 1943 and the
Home Fleet 1943 to 1945. (being Flagship at Scapa Flow in 1944). HMS
Rodney took part in the sinking of the Bismarck on the 27th may 1941. But
the ship had major structural problems. and after the sinking of the
Bismarck went to Boston for repairs, during winter of 1941 to 1942. This
failed to rectify her problems. After the war she was put into reserve in
1945 and finally scrapped at Inverkeithing on the 26th March 1948.
Displacement 33,900 tons. Speed 23 Knots range (at 16
Knots 7,000 miles)
Armament: Nine 16- inch guns in three turrets of three
guns. Twelve 6 - inch guns in pairs six 4.7 inch anti aircraft
guns in singles. Twenty four 2 pounder AA guns and twelve machine guns
(after 1944 this was changed to forty Four 2 pdr. AA Guns) Two
torpedo Tubes and two aircraft. Compliment 1330 to 1558
HMS Rodney by Ivan Berryman HMS Rodney was launched in 1925, like her sister ship
the Nelson, Rodney saw action in many theatres, scoring the first hit on
the Bismarck among other memorable exploits.
Ships Company by Ivan Berryman Developed from the Supermarine Seagull, the Walrus was
to prove itself a useful and capable workhorse in almost every theatre
of the Second World War. Here, HMS Rodney despatches her Shagbat from
the catapult atop C turret.
