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HMS Rodney (1833)

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HMS Rodney (1833)
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HMS Rodney was a two-deck 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1833, she was broken up in 1884.

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History

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Rodney leaving Barcelona 1837, by Nicolas S. Cammillieri
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Rodney and the Allied Fleets anchored in the Bosphorus, late 1853; the prelude to the Crimean war. Amedeo Preziosi

Rodney was launched on 18 June 1833 at Pembroke Dockyard.[2] She was based on a design by Robert Seppings and used his diagonal bracing (short timber) construction.

The majority of her commissions saw active service in the Mediterranean Sea, but she also served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War (1853–1856), and after being converted to a steam and screw propelled vessel, served in China as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Henry Keppel, commanded by captain Algernon Heneage from 21 January 1867.

Rodney was the ship where William Hall, later to become the first Black man and one of the first Canadians to win the Victoria Cross, began his naval career in 1852.[3] On 29 October 1853, she ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Firebrand.[4]

Rodney was fitted with screw propulsion in 1860, completed on 11 January, and was the last unarmoured wooden battleship in full commission. She was broken up in 1882.[2]

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Captains who commanded Rodney

Over the decades after Rodney's launch, eight captains commanded her:

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The midship section and disposition of Rodney's guns. Notice the amount of tumble-home which the top-sides of the hull possess.
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