battleship HMS Nelson

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HMS Nelson was a British Royal Navy battleship of the interwar and World War II era, notable for its distinctive forward-mounted main guns and extensive service in Atlantic and Mediterranean operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy warship
battleship
armamentAA 2-pounder "pom-pom" guns
20 mm Oerlikon guns
4.7-inch anti-aircraft guns
armamentMain 9 × 16-inch guns
armamentSecondary 12 × 6-inch guns
armourBelt up to 14 inches
armourDeck up to 6.25 inches
armourTurrets up to 16 inches
beam 32.3 m
builder Armstrong Whitworth
class Nelson-class battleship
commissioned 1927-08-15
country United Kingdom
crewComplement approximately 1300
damagedBy mine
torpedo
decommissioned 1947-02-20
displacementFullLoad 38100 long tons
displacementStandard 33950 long tons
draught 9.5 m
era World War II
interwar period
fate scrapped
laidDown 1922-12-28
launched 1925-09-03
lengthOverall 216.4 m
mainBatteryConfiguration three triple turrets forward
maximumSpeed 23 knots
namedAfter Horatio Nelson
notableFeature all main guns mounted forward of the superstructure
heavily armoured citadel
operator Royal Navy
participatedIn Allied landings at Salerno
linked to: Battle of Salerno

Allied landings in Sicily
Malta convoys
Normandy landings
linked to: Battle of Normandy

Norwegian Campaign
Operation Neptune
Operation Torch
pennantNumber 28
powerOutput 45000 shp
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
range 7000 nautical miles at 16 knots
role fleet flagship
scrappedIn 1950
servedAsFlagshipFor Home Fleet
shaftCount 2
shipyard Newcastle upon Tyne
sisterShip HMS Rodney
theatre Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
treatyCompliance Washington Naval Treaty
linked to: Five-Power Treaty

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Operation Halberd escortIncluded battleship HMS Nelson