HMS Rodney (1925)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Rodney
- Launch Year
- 1925
- Type
- Battleship
- Class
- Nelson-class battleship
- Pennant Number
- 29
- Launched
- 1925
- Built at
- Cammell Laird
- Commissioned
- 1927
- Armament
- 9 × 16-inch guns
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Battleship
- Notable for
- Bismarck engagement
- Fate
- Scrapped in 1948
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Rodney famously helped sink the German battleship Bismarck.