While at sea with the to conduct a night gunnery exercise on 29 December, "Rodney" suffered weather damage during a severe storm that caused extensive flooding forward. The ship departed Scapa on 16 January to begin repairs in Rosyth. Little effort was made to repair the persistent steering and boiler problems as efforts focused on making her seaworthy again. They were completed on 28 March, and "Rodney" steamed back to Scapa, where she arrived on 1 April. The ship spent most of the next several months conducting gunnery training, mostly shore bombardment, but also anti-aircraft shoots and practice defending herself against attacks by E-boats.