HMS Rodney

GPTKB entity

Statements (86)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:activeDuring D-Day landings
gptkbp:armament 16-inch guns
9 × 16 inch guns
12 × 6 inch guns
16 × 2 pounder guns
gptkbp:awardedBy battle honors
gptkbp:beam 106 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Cammell_Laird
gptkbp:class gptkb:Nelson-class_battleship
Nelson-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1927
15th June 1927
16 September 1927
gptkbp:complement 1,200 crew members
gptkbp:decommissioned 1948
28th February 1948
gptkbp:deployedTo 1947
gptkbp:displacement 36,000 tons
33,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 32 feet
gptkbp:famous_for supporting D-Day landings
engagements_in_the_Mediterranean
sinking_of_Bismarck
gptkbp:fate scrapped
scrapped in 1948
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Portsmouth
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Rodney
gptkbp:innovation 1939
gptkbp:is_equipped_with torpedoes
anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Operation_Blackcock
gptkb:Battle_of_Taranto
gptkb:Operation_Bluecoat
gptkb:Operation_Goodwood
gptkb:bombardment_of_Normandy
Operation Market Garden
Operation Crossbow
Operation Dragoon
convoy escort missions
Operation Charnwood
Operation Epsom
Operation Neptune
Operation Plunder
Operation Varsity
Operation Grapple
Operation Veritable
Operation Pheasant
shore bombardments
bombardment_of_Brest
bombardment_of_Cherbourg
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:Mediterranean_Fleet
gptkb:Home_Fleet
gptkbp:launched 1914
1st February 1914
29 December 1925
gptkbp:length 234 meters
804 feet
gptkbp:maximum_speed 28 knots
gptkbp:nickname Rodney
gptkbp:notableArtists gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:participatesIn gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkb:Bombardment_of_the_German_battleship_Tirpitz
Operation Overlord
Operation Neptune
Bombardment of Cherbourg
Bombardment of Brest
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Admiral_George_Rodney
gptkbp:range 13,000 miles
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Admiral_Sir_John_Cunningham
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Bruce_Fraser
gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Norwegian_Sea
gptkb:Admiral_Sir_Dudley_Pound
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Nelson
gptkbp:speed 23 knots
gptkbp:was_a_catalyst_for 1948
gptkbp:was_marked_by steam turbines