HMS Rodney Aka HMS Rodney (1931)

A look at life on board the battleship HMS Rodney.
Full titles read: "Sits here a boy (old or young) with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said - 'I'd love to go on a Battleship!' - By kind permission of the Admiralty, Pathetone Weekly takes you over H.M.S. Rodney - The largest Battleship in the British Navy."
Location of events unknown - could be Portsmouth in Hampshire?
Various shots of HMS Rodney as a commentator tells us the cost, dimensions and speed of the battleship, along with other technical details. M/S of the tower of the ship, from where the guns and torpedoes are controlled and fired. Several shots of the gun turrets; sailors are seen loading one of the guns. Various shots of sailors sending messages by semaphore with flags and searchlights.
L/S of sailors climbing into lifeboats that are lowered to the ground in an exercise; they row the boats over the water at great speed. On the deck of the ship a crowd of men watch the tug of war team practise, pulling on a rope attached to a suspended heavy weight. L/Ss of sailors going ashore in boats; commentator says half the men on the ship can go ashore daily.
FILM ID:1036.23
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[@lokischildren7862]

Beautiful ship

[@mikec69]

My uncle was on Rodney when it took on the Bismark he was 19 years of age a big task for any person on the ship after it sank the hood , Rodney ended up in Boston for a refit after the action .

[@allgood6760]

Thanks for this 👍

[@tommiatkins3443]

George would approbatie this film

[@Chartdoc62]

At 2:00 in we see Hood in the background and by 2:01 you can just make out the crane and aircraft catapult on her stern, confirming the film's date stamp of 1931. Interesting coincidence - another instance of Hood shown under the guns of Rodney, as in the well known photo taken 9 years or so later (August 1940) at Scapa, with Renown and Repulse in the background.

[@Panzerargentino1]

Nice.

[@turniptoaster9465]

Best ship ever

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

Proof

[@CanadianDolphinSurf]

​@@Intrusive_Thought176 It sank another Battleship in combat without taking a scratch. What more proof do you want?

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

@@CanadianDolphinSurf the proof of this happening

[@rodkirkbride2230]

I'm named after this ship.

[@Roddy556]

Me too but why is the video titled HMS Rodney aka HMS Rodney?

[@daniellapus636]

The battleship that sunk the bismarck.rule royal navy.thanks.

[@user-im3qo1xz5t]

Родней обожаю этот корабль

[@rashidahmad7830]

A powerful ship with 9 16 inch guns. Both Rodney and Nelson were too slow.

[@supergameshm4117]

I feel like Im watching Drachinifel from 1931

[@frankduff18]

Baa baa baa baa