HMS Rodney
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Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Rodney, at least the last five after Admiral George Brydges Rodney.
- The first Rodney was a 4-gun cutter in use in 1759.
- The second Rodney was a 16-gun vessel, possibly a brig-sloop, in service in 1781 and captured by the French 23 January 1782 at Demerara.
- The third Rodney was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1809, razeed and renamed Greenwich in 1827, and sold 1836.
- The fourth Rodney was a 92-gun second-rate launched in 1830, converted to screw propulsion in 1860, and broken up 1884.
- The fifth Rodney was a battleship launched in 1884 and sold 1909
- Rodney was to have been a 33,600 ton Hood-class battlecruiser of 810ft length, 105ft beam, armed with 8-15in and 16-5.5in guns. The ship was ordered in April 1916, but construction was suspended in March 1917 and cancelled in October 1918.
- The sixth Rodney was a battleship launched in 1925, active in World War II, and broken up in 1948.
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