RN Battleships: Nelson Class

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RN Battleships: Nelson Class

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Some post Nelson class battleships

Nelson
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Rodney
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HMS Vanguard has her own thread -
http://lewin-of-greenwich-naval-history ... 2328#p2328
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Re: RN Battleships: Nelson Class

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Strange isn't it Jim , I can't help thinking of dear Sandy and his work of art Model he made of Rodney every time I see her .the detail he bestowed on her and the care he paid to every item ......perfection ....a ship he loved so much .
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Lead Ship,Battleship HMS Nelson pictured passing through the Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal, on February 23rd 1931.
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this is a snap from the first few days of Pedestal after passing Gibralter so must be around 08-10th August 1942. Nelson even used her 16" main battery as AA fire at one point.
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Ungainly looking after being CUT way down from the N3 design! Despite their low speed-supposedly 23 knots, but by WW2 they were slower, but they served well with the BIG 9-16" guns...ask BISMARCK! DFO
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end of the line for the ship of the line....
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A couple more under the cutting torches........ :( DFO
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Thank you Tim and Dennis for sharing these photos of a former strength , spent out now ......but two of these could have totally re equipped our modern Navy it seems ......again my thanks for reminding us of what we once had and what we once held ....rightly or wrongly depending on your point of view :(
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HMS Rodney pictured in 1930.
She was one of two Nelson Class Battleships...built at Cammell Laird's Shipyards at Birkenhead on Merseyside in 1925. The Nelsons were unique in British Battleship construction, being the only ships to carry a main armament of 16-inch guns, and the only ones to carry all the main armament forward of the superstructure. As her superstructure was located aft of midships like RN fleet oilers whose names carried the ...'ol' suffix, she was sometimes derisively referred to as "Rodnol". Commissioned in 1927, Rodney served extensively in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean during the Second World War.
Rodney played a major role in the sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck in May 1941. During and after Operation Torch and the Normandy landings, Rodney participated in several coastal bombardments. In poor condition from extremely heavy use and lack of refits, she was scrapped in 1948.
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These days O H & S would have a fit!...Nelson Class Battleship HMS Rodney pictured undergoing self maintenance in 1943.
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