HMS Rodney (1884)

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Admiral (1882) (Class Overview)
Builder:
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham, England
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
October 8, 1884
Keel Laid:
February 6, 1882
Commissioned:
June 20, 1888
Fate:
Sold May 11, 1909 to T. W. Ward and scrapped at Morecambe, England.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
325'
Engines:
2 three cylinder inverted compound by Humphreys
Beam:
68'
Boilers:
10 cylindrical (coal fired)
Draft:
26' 4"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
10,300 std.
HP:
7,500 normal / 11,500 forced
Speed:
15.7 knots normal / 17.4 forced
Crew:
530
Range:
5,000 NM @ 10 knots


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
4
13.5"/30 (343mm)
2 twin mounts
12,620 yards @ 13.5° (7.1 miles)
1,250 lb. shell
6
6"/40 (152mm)
single mounts
10,000 yards @ 15° (5.6 miles)
100 lb. HE shell
12
2.244"/40 (57mm)
6 pounder
single mounts
8,700 yards @ 45° (4.9 miles)
6 lb. HE shell
Armament notes:
Sources indicate Rodney had up to seventeen 3 pounders and four torpedo launchers.


Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 25, 2007