| Name: | LORD NELSON |
| Type: | Battleship |
| Keel: | 18/05/1905 |
| Launched: | 04/09/1906 |
| Completed: | 01/12/1908 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 783 |
| Dimensions: | 15358 - 17820disp, 443.5 x 79.5 x 26.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl, 16750ihp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 12.0ins, 4 x 2 x 9.2ins, 2 x 1 x 9.2ins, 24 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns, |
| 2 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 5 x 18.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 01/12/1908 | British Royal Navy |
| 04/06/1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | The last pre-Dreadnought battleship commissioned by the Royal Navy. Cost £1,651,339 |
| 04/06/1920: Sold for breaking up to Stanlee Shipbreaking Co at Dover | |
| 08/11/1920: Resold to Slough Trading Co | |
| 01/1922: Towed to Germany for breaking up |
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