HMS Rodney’s actual speed during the Bismarck pursuit

One of the stories that circulated in the Royal Navy after HMS Rodney was involved in sinking the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941 was that the British vessel had reached 25 knots during the pursuit, about two knots over her design capability of 23. The crew pointed to the extraordinary efforts they had made [ ] The post HMS Rodney’s actual speed during the Bismarck pursuit appeared first on…