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...
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were based on this type of steel. Welded Ducol was used in HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney (1927), and may have contributed to initial structural damage when...
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of the British Home Fleet and Pacific Fleets. In May 1941, along with HMS Rodney, King George V was involved in the hunt for and pursuit of the German...
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association with Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-39095-8. Ballantyne, Iain (2008). H.M.S. Rodney. Ships of the Royal Navy. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-406-7...
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David Rodney Sweetnam KCVO CBE FRCS FRCP (1927–2013), known as Rodney, was a British orthopaedic surgeon. Sweetnam was born on 5 February 1927, in Wimbledon...
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Commissioned in 1927–29, the Nelsons served extensively in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian oceans during World War II. Rodney was made famous...
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were based on this type of steel. Ducol steel was used in HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney (1927) to save weight. It was used in British anti-torpedo-system...
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in 1932. Syfret served in the Second World War initially as Captain of HMS Rodney. In 1939 he became Naval Secretary. He was made commander of the 18th...
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HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built...
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Lord. After five years ashore, Tovey was given command of the battleship HMS Rodney in April 1932. This ship had been heavily involved in the recent Invergordon...
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HMS Effingham, Flagship of East Indies Station 1927–1929; HM Dockyard, Chatham 1929–1931; HMS Rodney (29), Atlantic Fleet 1931–1933; Invergordon Mutiny...
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joined the minelayer HMS Adventure and the battleship HMS Nelson, then for three years was navigating officer on the battleship HMS Rodney. He was promoted...
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of Richard Rodney Bligh Jasmine Bligh (1913–1991), British television presenter Richard Bligh (1780–1838), British barrister Richard Rodney Bligh (1737–1821)...
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Falklands War (section Sinking of HMS Sheffield)
Navy personnel, 22 were lost in HMS Ardent, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Sheffield, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Coventry and 13 lost in HMS Glamorgan. Fourteen naval cooks...
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HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy; along with her sister ship Dorsetshire she was part of a planned four-ship subclass. She...
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Flying Officer, Royal Air Force and Lieutenant, Royal Navy. In 1927, while serving on HMS Argus, he took part in the western military buildup in the Far...
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United Kingdom. In 1907, before the revolution in design brought about by HMS Dreadnought of 1906, the United Kingdom had 62 battleships in commission...
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16 inch Mark I Guns of HMS Rodney at maximum elevation, 1940 Type Naval Gun Place of origin UK Service history In service 1927–1948 Used by UK Production...
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HMS Dorsetshire (pennant number 40) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the British Royal Navy, named after the English county, now usually known as Dorset...
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of experimental equipment, including ASDIC and later sonar. HMS Osprey moved ashore in 1927 as a shore-based establishment. Following a major rebuild,...
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53°12′14″N 4°13′01″W / 53.204°N 4.217°W / 53.204; -4.217 HMS Conway was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most...
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HMS Devonshire, pennant number 39, was a County-class heavy cruiser of the London sub-class built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. The ship spent...
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TS Indefatigable (redirect from HMS Carrick II)
created to remedy the problem Two schools were established in Liverpool, HMS Conway, to prepare boys to go to sea as apprentice officers, and the TS Indefatigable...
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Battle Squadron in early 1927, first in the battleship HMS Warspite and then, after the Warspite struck a rock, in the battleship HMS Barham. He joined the...
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HMS Ramillies (pennant number: 07) was one of five Revenge-class super-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. They...
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Palace. HMS Akbar HMS Benbow HMS Boadicea HMS Centurion HMS Colossus HMS Devastation HMS Edinburgh HMS Narcissus HMS Nile HMS Prince Albert HMS Sans Pareil...
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Cruiser – HMS Argonaut Association". Retrieved 14 August 2021. "HMS Badsworth, escort destroyer". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021. "HMS Beaufort...
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HMS Resolution (pennant number: 09) was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in December...
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HMS Royal Sovereign (pennant number 05) was a Revenge-class (also known as Royal Sovereign and R-class) battleship of the Royal Navy displacing 29,970...
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produced 1958–1967 de Havilland Gipsy, a British aircraft engine designed in 1927 HMS Gipsy, the name of several Royal Navy ships Gipsy-class destroyer, a Royal...
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