HMS Rodney — The Battleship That Hunted and Crippled the Bismarck #HMSRodney #RoyalNavy #Battleship #WW2 #NavalHistory #Bismarck #Rodney #Warships #SeaLegends #MaritimeHistory | Navy History

HMS Rodney — Britain’s Heavy Hitter of the High Seas #HMSRodney #RoyalNavy #Warship #Battleship #NavalLegends #WWIIHistory #SeaPower #BritishNavy #MaritimeLegends | Navy History

25K views · 644 reactions | HMS Rodney Shells Alderney (1944) ...

HMS Rodney was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy. During the early stages of the Second World War, she searched for German commerce raiders, participated in the Norwegian Campaign, and escorted convoys in the Atlantic Ocean. Rodney played a major role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in mid-1941. Long-range artillery on the German-occupied island of Alderney was disrupting Allied operations off the north west corner of the Cotentin Peninsula after the l

4.5K views · 76 reactions | In the cold North Atlantic on May 24,...