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HMS Rodney (1927) BB (6th) |
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This the sixth ship to carry the name HMS Rodney was the second of
two Rodney Class battleships.
Built by Cammell Laird, laid down in Dec-1922, launched 17-Dec-1925 and completed in 1927. She served with the Atlantic Fleet 1928-32 and then with the Home Fleet. Took part in the King George V Silver Jubilee Fleet Review 16-Jul-1935. In WW2 during operations of Norway in April-1941 she was hit by an armour-piercing bomb which caused minor damage. Convoy escort duties followed. In May-1941 she detached from a convoy to join HMS King George V to take part in the action against the Bismarck, and on 27-May took part in the final gunfire action, following which the German ship sank. Duties with Force H followed in late 1941. Then a refit Dec-1941 to May-1942. Action in support of the North Africa, Sicily and Salerno landings followed. Bombardment duties in support of the Normandy landings were carried out from June-Sept 1944. A final war operation with a Russian convoy took place in late 1944, and she ended her war in Scapa Flow. Sold 1948 and broken up at Inverkeithing 26-Mar-1948. Won the Battle Honours: Norway 1940, Atlantic 1940-41, 'Bismarck' 1941, Malta Convoys 1941-42, North Africa 1942-43, Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943, Mediterranean 1943, English Channel 1944, Normandy 1944 and Arctic 1944.
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