This the fourth ship to carry the name HMS Rodney was a second rate, 92-gun, ship-of-the-line. Built at Pembroke Dock, launched 18-Jun-1833 having spent six years on the stocks,ship was 206ft long, 54ft 6in wide and of 2,598 tons builders measurement (bm). 1835 Capt. Hyde PARKER, 08/1835, Mediterranean.
RODNEY arrived at Barcelona on 26 December 1835, during the bloody civil war between the Carlists and the Cristinas, to watch over British interests. The following March she was re-fitting at Port Mahon and then sailed for Barcelona on 18 April. On 5 August 1837 RODNEY was on passage from Palmas Bay in Sardinia to Minorca when a seaman, James RAY, fell from the main-top yard arm into the sea.
When master's mate F. H. STEVENS saw the insensible man being swept past the quarter he immediately jumped overboard and supported the man until the boat arrived. 1840 Capt. Robert MAUNSELL, Mediterranean, 05/1840. 1845 Capt. Edward COLLIER, 02/1845.Took part in the Royal Fleet Review 1845 and the Royal Fleet Review 1856 . Altered to a screw ship at Chatham and undocked 11-Jan-1860, tonnage increased to 2,770 tons bm, and armament reduced to 70-guns. Won the Battle Honours: Syria 1840 and Crimea 1854-55 .
Broken up in as a screw ship in 1884.
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