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HMS Rodney Shells Alderney (1944) 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Long-range artillery on the German-occupied island of Alderney was disrupting Allied operations off the northwest corner of the Cotentin Peninsula after the landings in Normandy. Rodney was tasked to eliminate the problem and bombarded Batterie Blücher on 12 August, taking up a position on the other side of the Cap de la Hague to avoid return fire. She fired 75 sixteen-inch shells at the artillery position, believing that three of the four guns had

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

716K views · 6.3K reactions | HMS Rodney — The Battleship That Hunted and Crippled the Bismarck #HMSRodney #RoyalNavy #Battleship #WW2 #NavalHistory #Bismarck #Rodney #Warships #SeaLegends #MaritimeHistory | Navy History | Facebook

HMS Vanguard was a powerful, advanced battleship for the Royal Navy, but its comparison to other World War II battleships is complex due to its unique position as a late-war "stopgap" design. It was larger and faster than earlier British battleships like the King George V class, with superior armor and modern radar, though it was armed with older, less powerful 15-inch guns compared to the 16-inch guns of contemporary U.S. and Japanese battleships. Comparison with other battleships vs. King Geor