battleship HMS Nelson
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HMS Nelson was a British Royal Navy battleship of the interwar and World War II era, notable for its distinctive forward-mounted main guns and extensive service in Atlantic and Mediterranean operations.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| battleship HMS Nelson canonical | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
ⓘ
battleship ⓘ |
| armamentAA |
2-pounder "pom-pom" guns
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20 mm Oerlikon guns ⓘ 4.7-inch anti-aircraft guns ⓘ |
| armamentMain | 9 × 16-inch guns ⓘ |
| armamentSecondary | 12 × 6-inch guns ⓘ |
| armourBelt | up to 14 inches ⓘ |
| armourDeck | up to 6.25 inches ⓘ |
| armourTurrets | up to 16 inches ⓘ |
| beam | 32.3 m ⓘ |
| builder | Armstrong Whitworth ⓘ |
| class | Nelson-class battleship ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1927-08-15 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crewComplement | approximately 1300 ⓘ |
| damagedBy |
mine
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torpedo ⓘ |
| decommissioned | 1947-02-20 ⓘ |
| displacementFullLoad | 38100 long tons ⓘ |
| displacementStandard | 33950 long tons ⓘ |
| draught | 9.5 m ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| fate | scrapped ⓘ |
| laidDown | 1922-12-28 ⓘ |
| launched | 1925-09-03 ⓘ |
| lengthOverall | 216.4 m ⓘ |
| mainBatteryConfiguration | three triple turrets forward ⓘ |
| maximumSpeed | 23 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Horatio Nelson ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
all main guns mounted forward of the superstructure
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heavily armoured citadel ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Battle of Salerno
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied landings at Salerno
Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ
surface form:
Allied landings in Sicily
Malta relief convoy of August 1942 ⓘ
surface form:
Malta convoys
Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy landings
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian Campaign
Operation Neptune ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | 28 ⓘ |
| powerOutput | 45000 shp ⓘ |
| propulsion |
oil-fired boilers
ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ |
| range | 7000 nautical miles at 16 knots ⓘ |
| role | fleet flagship ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1950 ⓘ |
| servedAsFlagshipFor | Home Fleet ⓘ |
| shaftCount | 2 ⓘ |
| shipyard | Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ |
| sisterShip | HMS Rodney ⓘ |
| theatre |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| treatyCompliance |
Five-Power Treaty
ⓘ
surface form:
Washington Naval Treaty
|
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