My uncle was on Rodney when it took on the Bismark he was 19 years of age a big task for any person on the ship after it sank the hood , Rodney ended up in Boston for a refit after the action .
At 2:00 in we see Hood in the background and by 2:01 you can just make out the crane and aircraft catapult on her stern, confirming the film's date stamp of 1931. Interesting coincidence - another instance of Hood shown under the guns of Rodney, as in the well known photo taken 9 years or so later (August 1940) at Scapa, with Renown and Repulse in the background.
Bismarck even more so. Wartime exaggerations. However, the fact remains that old, slow, tired out Rodney went in close and battered new, fast Bismarck to death
