HMS Rodney by Brian Wood Destruction of Bismarck complete, and desperately low on fuel, Rodney turns for home 27th May 1941.
Ships Company (Walrus) 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.
HMS Rodney (Battleship) by Ivan BerrymanThe Chase, 27th May 1941 by Randall Wilson HMS King George V and HMS Rodney chase down the crippled German battleship, Bismarck, and within hours they will go into action.
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.