Ship Class: HMS Nelson

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Ship Class	HMS Nelson

Image
Ship	HMS Nelson HMS Rodney
Ship Type	Battleship
Battleship Type	First Class
Battleship Generation	Centreline
Ship Class Attribute	Unusual

	Summary
	Battleship with three triple turrets forward.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	Great Britain		1922 Dec 28	1949 Mar 15

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	36 000ton	216.408m	32.309m	10.769m	1 314	2 628

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type
	2	45 000hp	23kt	Steam Turbine

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	3 800ton	7 000mile	16kt	15.841day

Ship Classes
	Ship Role	Designed By	Governed By Treaty Category	Armour
	Bombardment	D'Eyncourt Sir E Tennyson	1922 Washington, Capital Ship	10 548ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Torpedo Model	6) 1: As Built Armour
	Gun 3 X BR 16in 45cal Mark I Triple	BR 16in 45cal Mark I Triple			14in Belt \| 6in Deck \| 3in Lower Deck \| 16in Turret \| 15in Barbette \| 11in Secondary Turrets
	Torpedo 2 X BR 24.5in Mark I			BR 24.5in Mark I
	Gun 6 X BR 6in 50cal BL Mark XXII Twin	BR 6in 50cal BL Mark XXII Twin
	Gun 8 X BR 2pdr Mk VIII Single	BR 2pdr Mk VIII Single
	Gun 2 X BR 2pdr Mark V Or VI Eight	BR 2pdr Mark V Or VI Eight
	Gun 6 X BR 4.7in 40cal QF HA Mark XII Single	BR 4.7in 40cal QF HA Mark XII Single

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder	Building Cost Per Ship Pound Sterling	Building Cost Per Ship Pounds Sterling Per Ton	Class Building Cost Pound Sterling
	2	Cammell Laird And Co Ltd Vickers Armstrong At Tyne	7 500 000	205.0	15 000 000

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Operated As Formation	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1889 1946 Great Britain Germany 1914 1922 Great Britain Turkey 1917 1941 Great Britain Russia 1922 1944 Great Britain Italy 1935 1945 Great Britain Japan	RN 2nd Battle Squadron	1939 12 01 0000 Mined BR Nelson 1941 05 27 0947 Battle Sinking Of Bismarck Mid North Atlantic 1941 09 01 0000 Torpedoing HMS Nelson 1944 06 01 0000 Mined BR Nelson	1939-Dec-01 HMS Nelson - HMS Rodney - HMS Warspite - HMS Barham - RN 2nd Battle Squadron 1945-Jan-01 HMS Duke Of York - HMS Anson - HMS Rodney - RN 2nd Battle Squadron

Documents
1) Covered By Document	2) 1: as Document Reference	3) 2: Page Number	4) 3: as	5) 2: Summary	6) 2: Served By Link
Battleships Of World War Two	[More]	127	N
	[More]			INTERWAR BRITISH BATTLESHIP DESIGN	http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/IBBD.html
Jane's Battleships Of The 20th Century	[More]	128	N

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