HMS Nelson (28)
Service
- as Nelson15 August 1927 — February 19482,193 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Nelson
- Pennant / hull number
- 28
- Namesake
- Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson
- Builder
- Armstrong-Whitworth, South Tyneside
- Ordered
- 1 January 1923
- Laid down
- 28 December 1922
- Launched
- 3 September 1925
- Commissioned
- 15 August 1927
- Decommissioned
- February 1948
- Struck
- 19 May 1948
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 5 January 1949 (1949)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 33,300 long tons (33,834 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 37,780 long tons (38,386 t)
- Length
- 216.1 m (709 ft) OA
- Beam
- 32.31 m (106 ft)
- Draught
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Speed
- 23 knots (42.6 km/h, 26.5 mph)
- Range
- 7,000 nmi (12,964 km)
- Complement
- 1,314
- Main gun
- 406 mm (16 in)
HMS Nelson was a Nelson-class battleship built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number 28. The ship was named after Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson. Armstrong-Whitworth, South Tyneside laid her keel on 28 December 1922. She entered service on 15 August 1927, having been launched on 3 September 1925.
She was one of two ships of her class. The class followed the N3-class battleship and was succeeded by the King George V-class battleship (1939).
She displaced 33,300 long tons standard and 37,780 long tons at full load. She measured 216.1 m (709 ft) long with a beam of 32.3 m (106 ft). Her designed speed was 23 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,314. Her main battery was of 406 mm (16.0 in) calibre.
45,000 shp drove two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in February 1948. She was struck from the register on 19 May 1948.
She was broken up for scrap on 5 January 1949.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
- Power
- 8 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
- 45000 shp
- Armament
- 3 × triple 16 inch guns
- 6 × twin 6 in (152 mm) guns
- 6 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) AA guns
- 8 × single 2 pdr (40 mm) AA guns
- 2 × 24.5 in torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Waterline belt: 13 - 14 in
- Deck: 3.75 - 6.25 in
- Barbettes: 12 - 15 in
- Gun turrets: 9 - 16 in
- Conning tower: 12 - 14 in
- Bulkheads: 4 - 12 in
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Nelson (28) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Official photographer — This photograph MH 4 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4002-05) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons