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Sunday 15 October 2017

British battleship HMS Nelson finally underway towards the Antilles according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated Saturday 20 January 1934


An item dated London, England 19th reported that the British battleship Nelson on the Friday before finally left Portsmouth, England towards the Antilles while it was since last Sunday due to the worse weather conditions not possible to leave the harbour.(1)

Note
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.