HMS Rodney (1884)

	British battleship HMS Rodney
History
United Kingdom
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
General characteristics
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)
Propulsion	Two-shaft Humphreys compound inverted; 7,500 ihp (5,600 kW) normal; 11,500 ihp (8,600 kW) forced draught;
Speed	15.7 knots (29.1 km/h) normal,; 17.4 knots (32.2 km/h) forced draught;
Complement	530
Armament	4 × BL 13.5-inch (342.9 mm) guns; 6 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns; 12 × 6-pounders; 4 × above-water torpedo tubes;
Armour	Belt: 18–8 in (457–203 mm); Bulkheads: 16–7 in (406–178 mm); Barbettes: 11.5–10 in (292–254 mm); Conning Tower: 12–2 in (305–51 mm); Deck: 3–2 in (76–51 mm);

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.

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