I was drafted to join HMS Rodney to take charge of the ship’s Walrus, which was perched semi-permanently on a catapult, which in turn, was perched permanently on the top of one of main gun turrets. I ...

My first few days on board were spent trying to find my way around and marvelling at the massive size of everything. The aircraft was mounted on the top of a turret manned, as tradition demanded, by ...

The entire British Royal Navy had joined the hunt for Bismarck, the pride of the Kriegsmarine. HMS Rodney was one of the many ships among them. On May 27, 1941, Rodney spotted the German battleship ...