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Wednesday 18 October 2017

British battleship HMS Nelson temporarily grounded according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant dated 16 May 1934


An item reported that the British battleship Nelson which grounded in January at Portsmouth, England now grounded at Portland although this time was she refloated 45 minutes. (1)

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1. Sister ship Rodney. Pennant 28. A simplified design of the N-3 battleships which was cancelled by the British Royal navy as a result of the Washing Naval Treaty of 1922. She was to able to compete with the USS Colorado and the Japanese Nagato battleship classes. Her building was ordered in 1922, laid down on 28 December at Armstrong-Whitworth, Newcastle launched on 3 September 1925, commissioned on 15 August 1927, 1941-1942 extensively repairs needed as a result of an Italian torpedo, decommissioned in February 1948 and on 15 March a year begun her breaking up.