HMS Rodney : Slayer of the Bismarck and D-Day Saviour PDF
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Other books in the Warships of the Royal Navy series by Iain Ballantyne WARSPITE H.M.S. LONDON With Jonathan Eastland H.M.S VICTORY Also by Iain Ballantyne STRIKE FROM THE SEA All titles published by Pen & Sword Books First published in Great Britain in 2008 by PEN & SWORD MARITIME an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd 47 Church Street, Barnsley South Yorkshire, S70 2AS Copyright © Iain Ballantyne, 2008 9781783035069 The right of Iain Ballantyne to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing. Typeset in 10/12pt Palatino by Concept, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Printed and bound in England by CPI UK. Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the imprints of Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Military, Pen & Sword Select, Pen & Sword Military Classics, Leo Cooper and Wharncliffe Local History. Leo Cooper and Wharncliffe Local History. For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contact PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS, England E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Table of Contents Other books in the Warships of the Royal Navy series by Iain Ballantyne Title Page Copyright Page H.M.S. RODNEY FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION Chapter One - OF SHOOTING, SLAYING AND SINKING Chapter Two - AN EXECUTION AT MALTA Chapter Three - SO MANY BRAVE FELLOWS Chapter Four - THE SHIP THAT NEVER WAS Chapter Five - DAWN OF THE OLYMPIANS Chapter Six - THE RED SHIP Chapter Seven - SEND FRIED EGG TO ADMIRAL Chapter Eight - CAPTAIN OF THE GATE Chapter Nine - THE BOMB Chapter Ten - HARD CHEESE FOR HEROES Chapter Eleven - THE CHILEAN REEFER INCIDENT Chapter Twelve - AVENGE THE HOOD Chapter Thirteen - NO SIRENS, NO CHEERS Chapter Fourteen - WEST AFRICAN INTERLUDE Chapter Fifteen - KEEP THE SHIP FIGHTING Chapter Sixteen - COUNTERFEIT TIRPITZ Chapter Seventeen - THE GUNS OF MERS-EL-KEBIR Chapter Eighteen - FORGING THE HAMMER Chapter Nineteen - D-DAY SAVIOUR Chapter Twenty - TARGET ALDERNEY Chapter Twenty-One - KOLA RUN Epilogue - CODA FOR A FIGHTING LIFE Appendix 1 - RODNEY’S PEOPLE Appendix 2 - NELSON CLASS Appendix 3 - HMS NELSON Appendix 4 - LIEUTENANT RICHARD EVELYN COLTART Appendix 5 - TWO RODNEYS Appendix 6 - CLIFFORD WOOLLEY AND A BATTLESHIP RODNEY WEB SITE BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES INDEX H.M.S. RODNEY Motto ‘Eagles do not breed doves’ Battle Honours QUEBEC 1759 SYRIA 1840 CRIMEA 1854 NORWAY 1940 ATLANTIC 1940 – 1 BISMARCK ACTION 1941 MALTA CONVOYS 1941 – 2 NORTH AFRICA 1942 – 3 SICILY 1943 SALERNO 1943 MEDITERRANEAN 1943 NORMANDY 1944 ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944 ARCTIC 1944 This is my story This is my song Been in commission far too long Roll out the Rodney, the Nelson, the Hood This two-funnelled bastard is no bloody good Salty sea ditty sung by sailors of smaller vessels, such as destroyers, in the early days of the Second World War, expressing their defiant longing for the allegedly softer, easier life to be found in a capital ship like HMS Rodney. The story related on the following pages proves that perception was a little wide of the mark.
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