ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIP HMS RODNEY AT SEA. 1940. The battleship NELSON viewed between the 16" guns and a 4.7" of the following RODNEY as the big ships proceed to sea. Creator: Coote, R G G (Lt) Source: © IWM (A 2059)
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Lead ship of her class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy, built during the First World War.
HMS Victory, Portsmouth
HMS HOOD Namesake:Admiral Samuel Hood Ordered:7 April 1916 Builder:John Brown & Company Laid down:1 September 1916 Launched:22 August 1918 Commissioned:15 May 1920 In service:1920–1941 Motto:Ventis Secundis (Latin: "With Favourable Winds" Nickname:Mighty Hood Fate:Sunk 24 May 1941 Notes:Pennant number: 51 Badge:A Cornish Chough bearing an anchor facing left over the date 1859[1] General characteristics Class and type:Admiral-class battlecruiser Displacement:46,680 long tons (47,430 t) full load Length:860 ft 7 in (262.3 m) Beam:104 ft 2 in (31.8 m) Draught:32 ft 0 in (9.8 m) Installed power:144,000 shaft horsepower (107,000 kW) Propulsion:4 shafts, Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines 24 Yarrow water-tube boilers Speed:1920: 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) 1941: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) Range:1931: 5,332 nautical miles (9,870 km; 6,140 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) Complement:1921: 1,169; 1941: 1,418 Sensors and processing systems:Type 279 air warning radar Type 284 gunnery radar Armament: (As built): 4 × 2 – BL 15-inch Mk I guns 12 × 1 – BL 5.5-inch Mk I guns 4 × 1 – QF 4-inch Mark V anti-aircraft guns 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 1941, as sunk: 4 × 2 – 15-inch (381 mm) 7 × 2 – QF 4-inch Mk XVI AA guns 3 × 8 – QF 2-pdr "pom pom" AA guns 5 × 4 – 0.5-inch Vickers machine guns 5 × 20 barrel "Unrotated Projectile" mounts 2 × 2 – 21-inch above water torpedo tubes Armour:Belt: 12–6 in (305–152 mm) Deck: .75–3 in (19–76 mm) Barbettes: 12–5 in (305–127 mm) Turrets: 15–11 in (381–279 mm) Conning tower: 11–9 in (279–229 mm) Bulkheads: 4–5 in (102–127 mm) Aircraft carried:1 fitted from 1931–1932, 1 catapult Photo Credits: The Alexander Turnbull Library NZ Details supplied by WIKIPEDIA
By: Philip S. Reed An engaging waterline depiction of this ‘state-of-the-art’ vessel La Renommee, a Sirene Class 30-gun French frigate whose speed and prowess was of utmost interest to the British Admiralty. Its distinctive ‘tumble-home’ on the upper topsides was a particular feature of its naval architecture. In 1747 it was captured by the British and replicated here having just been captured (British flag flies over the French ensign off the lateen). The solid wood core model has been planked-over in natural wood with the bottom showing a tallow-cream paint. It shows individual deck planking and other carefully crafted deck furniture, gear, armament and fittings. The decorative work on the model is convincingly displayed, especially on the stern & transom with a coat-of-arms and lanterns. The figurehead is the Greek deity Fame (a winged female) in a polychrome presentation. The model is thoroughly rigged with twisted copper wire appropriately painted,…
