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HMS Rodney an Admiral Class Barbette
ship. HMS Rodney was launched 8th October 1884 but due to the delay in the
production of her main armament was not commissioned into the Royal Navy
until June 1888. and from July 1906 Rodney
was in the Chatham Special Reserve until scrapped 16th June 1909. Sister
ships of the Admiral Class: HMS Collingwood, HMS Anson, HMS Camperdown, HMS
Howe and HMS Benbow.
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| Displacement: 10,600 tons. I.H.P:
11,500. Length: 330 ft.
Beam: 68ft 6 in. Speed: 16.9
knots. Complement: 515. Max draught:
27ft 3 in. Armament: four 67 ton guns, four 6 in guns, twelve
6 pounder guns and ten 3 pounder quick-firers. Partial belt of 18 in
composite armour. |
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HMS Rodney, 1888.
A
large image size 10" x 7" approx, is available. Reproduced
from the original negative / photo under license from MPL, the copyright
holder. A signed numbered certificate is supplied. Price
£25. Order photograph here Order Code
XMP145
Original
republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here
to order. Order Code MP145 |
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HMS Rodney pictured pre 1896
A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
Archive. Order Code PH10 |
HMS Rodney firing.
Photograph taken from book published 1892
by captain Eardley Wilmott. Book owned by Cranston Fine Arts |
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HMS Rodney - Sister ships of the Admiral Class |
| HMS COLLINGWOOD |
22ND NOVEMBER 1882 |
SOLD FOR B/U 11TH MAY 1909 |
| HMS ANSON |
17TH FEBRUARY 1886 |
SOLD FOR B/U 13TH JULY 1909 |
| HMS CAMPERDOWN |
24TH NOVEMBER 1885 |
SOLD FOR B/U 11TH JULY 1911 |
| HMS HOWE |
28TH APRIL 1885 |
SOLD FOR B/U 10TH NOVEMBER 1910 |
| HMS BENBOW |
15TH JUNE 1885 |
SOLD FOR B/U 13TH JULY 1909 |
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