HMS Rodney was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy. During the early stages of the Second World War, she searched for German commerce raiders, participated in the Norwegian Campaign, and escorted convoys in the Atlantic Ocean. Rodney played a major role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in mid-1941. Long-range artillery on the German-occupied island of Alderney was disrupting Allied operations off the north west corner of the Cotentin Peninsula after the l

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The main armament of the Nelson-class battleships, HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney, was nine 16-inch (406 mm) Mark 1 guns, arranged in three triple turrets positioned forward of the bridge. These were the largest guns ever mounted on a British battleship, firing 2,048-pound (930 kg) shells to a maximum range of over 41,000 yards (37,500 m). #instagood #instavideo #videooftheday #reel #reels #reelsinstagram #reelslovers #reelitfeelit #reelstoday #reelkarofeelkaro #trendingreels #trendingvideos #trendno

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