Of course it shouldn’t be forgotten that the feared German battleship had already been wounded and slowed by torpedo hits from Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish biplanes. The Rodney’s skipper at ...

On May 27, 1941, the British battleship HMS Rodney joined the relentless pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck, flagship of the Kriegsmarine. Alongside HMS King George V, Rodney opened fire ...

On May 27, Rodney along with King George V took part in a naval duel against the German battleship, destroying Bismarck‘s guns. Rodney then closed to point-blank range and continued to engage.

The next morning, British battleships Rodney and King George V engaged, crippling Bismarck’s guns. After extensive shelling and multiple torpedo attacks, Bismarck capsized and sank, with only ...

It came after long discussions in British newsorgans about the strength of the new ships compared with the Nelson and the Rodney, most modern British battleships. The Prince of Wales and King ...

Even now — 60 years after it went to the bottom — the Nazi battleship Bismarck is still ... stem to stern," said a sailor from the HMS Rodney, "and she was sinking." But maybe not.

On May 26, Swordfish from the Ark Royal air group attacked her, and one torpedo jammed her rudder; early the following day, as Mawdsley relates, the King George V and Rodney battleships poured ...