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HMS Rodney (pennant number 29) was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. She was named after Admiral Lord Rodney. The Nelsons were unique in British battleship construction, being the only ships to carry a main armament of 16 inch (406 mm) guns, and the only ones to carry all the main armament forward of the superstructure (as her superstructure was located aft of midships like RN fleet oilers, whose names carried the '-ol' suffix, she was unofficially referred to as "Rodnol"). Commissioned in 1927, Rodney served extensively in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Rodney in May 1942 | |
History | |
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UK | |
Name | HMS Rodney |
Namesake | Admiral Lord Rodney |
Ordered | 1922 |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
Cost | £7,617,799 |
Laid down | 28 December 1922 |
Launched | 17 December 1925 |
Sponsored by | Princess Mary |
Completed | August 1927 |
Commissioned | 10 November 1927 |
Decommissioned | 1946 |
Stricken | 1947 |
Identification | Pennant number: 29 |
Motto | list error: <br /> list (help) Non Generant Aquilae Columbas (Latin) "Eagles do not breed doves" |
Nickname(s) | Rodnol |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 26 March 1948 |
General characteristics (as completed) | |
Class and type | Nelson-class battleship |
Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 33,730 long tons (34,270 t) standard 37,430 long tons (38,030 t) standard (full load) |
Length | 710 ft 2 in (216.5 m) overall |
Beam | 106 ft (32.3 m) |
Draught | 31 ft (9.44880000 m)* |
Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 45,000 shp (34,000 kW) 8 Admiralty 3-drum oil-fired boilers |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 shafts 2 Brown-Curtis geared turbine sets |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
Range | 14,500 nmi (26,900 km; 16,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 1,314 (1,361 as flagship) |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 3 × 3 - 16-inch Mk I guns 6 × 2 - 6-inch Mk XXII guns 6 × 1 - QF 4.7-inch Mk VIII anti-aircraft guns 8 × 1 - 2-pounder anti-aircraft guns 2 × 1 - 24.5-inch (620 mm) torpedo tubes |
Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) Belt: 13–14 in (330–356 mm) Deck: 4.375–6.375 in (111–162 mm) Barbettes: 12–15 in (305–381 mm) Gun turrets: 9–16 in (229–406 mm) Conning tower: 10–14 in (254–356 mm) Bulkheads: 4–12 in (102–305 mm) |
She played a major role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. During and after the Torch and the Normandy landings, Rodney participated in several coastal bombardments. In poor condition from heavy use and lack of refits, she was scrapped in 1948.