Rodney akakuvadzwa nendege yeGerman paKarmoy, pedyo neStavanger musi wa9 Kubvumbi 1940, paakarohwa nebhomba re500 kg (1,102 lb) iro rakapwanya denga repamusoro kumashure kwefunnel, asi harina kuputika uye rakabuda parutivi mushure mekurova denga rakashongedzwa. Musi wa13 Gunyana, akaendeswa kubva kuScapa Flow kuenda kuRosyth nemirairo yekushanda muEnglish Channel apo kupindirwa kweGerman kweBritain kwaitarisirwa. MunaNovember naDecember, Rodney akapihwa mabasa ekuperekedza mafambiro pakati peBritain neHalifax, Nova Scotia. Muna Ndira 1941, Rodney akabatana nekuvhima ngarava dzemaguta makuru eGerman Scharnhorst neGneisena, pasina kubudirira.
Scharnhorst neGneisenau