We’ve covered the Nelson-class battleship HMS Rodney (pennant number 29) in past Warship Wednesdays, and she is a remarkable design. Well armed and armored but slow (just 23 knots) as a result of compromises put into effect after the 1922 Washington Naval Treaties.
Well, as an update, here are a series of images from the Imperial War Museum taken by Lt. R.G.G. Coote, Royal Navy while in Scotland in the fall of 1940. Enjoy, and as always, click to big up
Her impressive 16 inchers
Sailors aboard HMS Rodney receiving a 16-inch shell from an ammunition ship, 1940
Sailor at his hammock aboard HMS Rodney, 1940. Looks comfy, yes?
Sailors conducting bayonet drill aboard HMS Rodney, circa 1940. Dig the SMLEs
Sailors conducting bayonet drill aboard HMS Rodney, circa 1940
View of the forward section of HMS Rodney, 1940
QF 2-pdr Mk VIII anti-aircraft gun mount and crew aboard HMS Rodney, Sep 1940
Sailors cleaning one of the 16-inch guns aboard HMS Rodney, Sep 1940
View of the torpedo room aboard HMS Rodney, Sep 1940
View of the sick bay aboard HMS Rodney, Oct 1940
HMS Rodney on the Firth of Forth at sunset,
