HMS Rodney Aka HMS Rodney (1931)

this mighty Bissell trust seven million four hundred and eighty eight thousand farms her displacement is thirty three thousand nine hundred tons and length seven hundred and ten feet the beam is a hundred and six feet nine 16-inch guns are carried in three triple turrets the machinery consists of geared turbines driven by eight yellower boilers the design horsepower is forty-five thousand which is a speed of 23 knots the amount of oil fuel carried is 4,000 tons the consumption of oil fuel at full speed is 16 tons per hour the ship's company consists of 1097 men and 64 officers are normally born here is the octo final star which is commonly known as Queen ends mentioned this is the nerve center of the ship by means of its delicate instruments the guns and torpedoes are controlled and fired these 16-inch guns for a project are weighing one ton to a distance of about 15 miles on top of the touch Wellness Center for such likes legs transmit the orders with speed and accuracy Rodney carried three colors to whether to galleys but well as two T to pick it bets too many lunches and to Maribel the cutters are in the foreground and the Wailers and gig further up the ship's tug-of-war team carry out practice daily in training a weight of 12 and a half hundred weight suspended from a block takes the place of an opposing team there are over 1200 men onboard HMS Rodney one half of these mega short daily if they wish this shows drifter whirlpool which is attached to HMS Rodney and is useful lending large parties of men

Channel: British Pathé

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Length: 4min 22sec (262 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 13 2014