Nelson 1927

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Name:	NELSON
Type:	Battleship
Keel:	28/12/1922
Launched:	03/09/1925
Completed:	10/08/1927
Builder:	Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard:	High Walker
Yard Number:	991
Dimensions:	33950disp - 38000disp, 660.0 x 106.0 x 28.5(draft)ft
Engines:	2 x Steam turbines, Brown Curtis type, SR geared, 45000shp
Engines by:	Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co, Wallsend
Propulsion:	2 x Screws, 23.0knots
Construction:	Steel
Armament:	3 x 3 x 16.0ins, 6 x 2 x 6.0ins, 6 x 1 x 4.7ins AA, 6 x 8 x 2pdr guns;
	2 x 24.5ins torpedoes; 1 x aircraft
History:
10/08/1927	British Royal Navy
15/03/1949	Broken up

Comments:	Name ship of the Nelson Class. Cost reported as £7.5m
	Built to the size restrictions laid down by the Washington Naval Treaty
	12/01/1934: Ran aground when leaving Portsmouth. Re-floated on next high tide
	12/1939: Mined at the entrance to Loch Ewe, repairs at Portsmouth till 08/1940
	27/09/1941: Extensively damaged by Italian torpedo aircraft
	05/1942: Returned from repairs
	18/06/1944: Hit 2 sea mines & sent to Philadelphia Naval Shipyard for repairs
	15/03/1949: Arrived at Inverkeithing to be broken up by TW Ward