Na 9 Eprel 1940, ụgbọ elu ndị Germany mebiri Rodney na Karmoy, dị nso na Stavanger na 9 Eprel 1940, mgbe bọmbụ 500 kilogram (1,102 lb) kụrụ ya nke mere ka elu elu nke olulu ahụ, ma ọ gbapụghị ma pụọ n'akụkụ mgbe ọ kụrụ oche ejiji. Na 13 Septemba, a kpọfere ya site na Scapa Flow gaa Rosyth na iwu ka ọ rụọ ọrụ na English Channel mgbe a na-atụ anya mwakpo ndị Germany nke Britain. Na Nọvemba na Disemba, e kenyere Rodney ọrụ escort ọrụ n'etiti Britain na Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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