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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=20 May, 1927<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|end=21 April, 1928<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=20 May, 1927<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|end=21 April, 1928<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Roger Mowbray Bellairs|nick=Roger M. Bellairs|end=April, 1932<ref>Superseded that month.  Tovey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 131.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Roger Mowbray Bellairs|nick=Roger M. Bellairs|appt=16 December, 1930<ref>Bellairs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=c. April, 1932<ref>Superseded that month.  Tovey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 131.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Cronyn Tovey|nick=John C. Tovey|appt=April, 1932<ref>Tovey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 131.</ref>|end=31 August, 1934<ref>Tovey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 131.</ref><ref>Day of month taken from Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Cronyn Tovey|nick=John C. Tovey|appt=April, 1932<ref>Tovey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 131.</ref>|end=31 August, 1934<ref>Tovey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 131.</ref><ref>Day of month taken from Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=31 August, 1934<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|end=February, 1936<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A Ramsey from 6 January, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=31 August, 1934<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|end=February, 1936<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain and Chief of Staff to R/A Ramsey from 6 January, 1936}}

Revision as of 21:48, 8 May 2015

H.M.S. Rodney (1925)
Pendant Number: 29[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Laid down: 28 Dec, 1922[3]
Launched: 17 Dec, 1925[4]
Commissioned: Nov, 1927[5]
Broken up: 1948[6]

H.M.S. Rodney was one of two Nelson Class dreadnoughts completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She was grounded on 9 October, 1935 in circumstances involving another vessel, M.V. Atlas. Captain Custance was faulted for the misfortune.[7]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Rodney_(29) Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  7. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  8. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  9. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  10. ↑ Bellairs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
  11. ↑ Superseded that month. Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  12. ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  13. ↑ Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  14. ↑ Day of month taken from Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  15. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  16. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.

Bibliography


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