HMS Rodney

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:antiAircraftArmament multiple 4.7-inch, 2-pounder, and 20 mm guns
gptkbp:armament 12 × 6-inch guns
9 × 16-inch guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Salerno_1943
gptkb:Normandy_1944
Sicily 1943
Atlantic 1939–44
Bismarck 1941
North Africa 1942
gptkbp:beam 106 ft
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:Birkenhead,_England
gptkbp:class gptkb:Nelson-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 1927
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:crew 1,361
gptkbp:decommissioned 1946
gptkbp:destroyedBy German aircraft
gptkbp:displacement 33,900 tons (standard)
41,250 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 30 ft
gptkbp:fate scrapped at Inverkeithing
gptkbp:features all main guns forward of the superstructure
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Home_Fleet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Rodney
gptkbp:laidDown 28 December 1922
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Princess_Mary
1925
gptkbp:length 710 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Admiral_George_Brydges_Rodney
gptkbp:nickname Rodders
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_North_Cape
gptkb:Normandy_landings
gptkb:Sinking_of_the_Bismarck
gptkbp:numberOfFunnels 1
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:pennantNumber 29
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 7,000 nautical miles at 16 knots
gptkbp:refittedAt gptkb:Boston_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:scrapped 1948
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:HMS_Nelson
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:visitedPorts gptkb:Gibraltar
gptkb:Plymouth
gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Scapa_Flow
gptkb:Halifax,_Nova_Scotia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vickers-Armstrongs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5