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==Service==
 
==Service==
She was grounded on 9 October, 1935 in circumstances involving another vessel, M.V. ''Atlas''.  Captain Custance was faulted for the misfortune.<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>
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''Rodney'' was commissioned at Devonport on 7 December, 1927.{{NLFeb29|pp. 264-5}}
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She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 April, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 266}}
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She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 April, 1932 to serve with the {{UK-BS|2}} of the Home Fleet.{{NLJan33|p. 268}}
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 269}}
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She was grounded on 9 October, 1935 in circumstances involving another vessel, M.V. ''Atlas''.  Captain [[Wilfred Neville Custance|Custance]] was faulted for the misfortune.<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rodney''" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Rodney''" nat="UK">
{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=20 May, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 265}}<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=Francis William Loftus Tottenham|nick=Francis W. L. Tottenham|appt=April, 1928{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1929{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis William Loftus Tottenham|nick=Francis W. L. Tottenham|appt=21 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 264}}|end=December, 1929{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=December, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=December, 1929{{MackieRNW}}|end=December, 1930{{MackieRNW}}}}
{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Roger Mowbray Bellairs|nick=Roger M. Bellairs|appt=16 December, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 265}}<ref>Bellairs Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. ?.</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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Cronyn Tovey|nick=John C. Tovey|appt=12 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 267}}<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}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Jock Whitworth|nick=William J. Whitworth|appt=21 February, 1936<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 117.</ref>|end=25 July, 1936<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 117.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A of illegible Battle Squadron}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Jock Whitworth|nick=William J. Whitworth|appt=21 February, 1936<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 117.</ref>|end=25 July, 1936<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 117.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to R/A of illegible Battle Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald Hamilton Curzon Hallifax|nick=Ronald H. C. Hallifax|appt=July, 1936{{MackieRNW}}|end=August, 1938{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Ronald Hamilton Curzon Hallifax|nick=Ronald H. C. Hallifax|appt=25 July, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 269}}|end=16 August, 1938|note=and as Flag Captain to Admiral Backhouse}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Neville Syfret|nick=Edward N. Syfret|appt=August, 1938{{MackieRNW}}|end=November, 1939{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Neville Syfret|nick=Edward N. Syfret|appt=15 August, 1938|end=November, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|note=and as Flag Captain and C.O.S. to R/A 2BS v. Cantlie on transfer of flag}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=November, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton|nick=Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton|appt=November, 1939{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1941{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=James William Rivett-Carnac|nick=James W. Rivett-Carnac|appt=July, 1941{{MackieRNW}}|end=July, 1943{{MackieRNW}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert O'Brien FitzRoy|nick=Robert O'B. FitzRoy|appt=July, 1943{{MackieRNW}}|end=January, 1946{{MackieRNW}}}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Revision as of 08:11, 12 July 2018

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

Rodney was commissioned at Devonport on 7 December, 1927.[7]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 April, 1930.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 12 April, 1932 to serve with the Second Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet.[9]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1934.[10]

She was grounded on 9 October, 1935 in circumstances involving another vessel, M.V. Atlas. Captain Custance was faulted for the misfortune.[11]

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. The Navy List. (February, 1929). pp. 264-5.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 266.
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 268.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 269.
  11. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 265.
  13. Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  14. Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 264.
  16. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  18. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 265.
  20. Bellairs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  21. Superseded that month. Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  22. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 267.
  23. Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  24. Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
  25. Day of month taken from Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  26. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  27. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  28. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  29. Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  30. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 269.
  31. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  33. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  36. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  37. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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