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British battleship HMS Rodney
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Name | HMS Rodney |
Namesake | Admiral George Brydges Rodney |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 6 February 1882 |
Launched | 8 October 1884 |
Completed | June 1888 |
Fate | Broken up, 1909 |
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Class and type | Admiral-class ironclad |
Displacement | 10,300 tons |
Length | 325 ft (99 m) pp |
Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
Draught | 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m) |
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Complement | 530 |
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HMS Rodney was a battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy, a member of the Admiral class of warships designed by Nathaniel Barnaby. The ship was the last British battleship to carry a figurehead although smaller ships continued to carry them.[2]