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The Nelson class was a class of two battleships (Nelson and Rodney) of the British Royal Navy, built shortly after, and under the terms of, the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. They were the only British battleships built between the Revenge class (ordered in 1913) and the King George V class, ordered in 1936.
HMS Rodney in Valletta Harbour, Malta during July 1943 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Nelson |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | list error: <br /> list (help) N3 class (planned) Revenge class (actual) |
Succeeded by | King George V class |
In service | 1927 - 1947 |
Completed | 2 |
General characteristics (as designed) | |
Class and type | battleship |
Displacement | 33,950 tons standard, 41,250 tons full load |
Length | 660 ft (201 m) p/p, 710 ft (216 m) o/a |
Beam | 106 ft (32 m) |
Draught | 28.5 ft (9 m), 31.5 ft (9.6 m) full load |
Propulsion | 8 × Yarrow-type water-tube boilers (250 psi (1,700 kPa)), Brown-Curtis single-reduction geared steam turbines, 45,000 shp (33,600 kW) on 2 shafts |
Speed | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
Range | list error: <br /> list (help) 16,500 nmi (30,560 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) 5,500 nmi (10,190 km) at 23 knots (43 km/h) |
Complement | 1,361 |
Armament |
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Armour | list error: mixed text and list (help) Belt
Middle deck
Lower deck
Bulkheads
16 inch Turrets
6 inch turrets
Conning tower
Director control tower
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Aircraft carried | 1 (Nelson) / 2 (Rodney) from 1934 |
Aviation facilities | catapult on 'B' turret (Rodney only) |
Notes | Information as per Lenton[1] |
The ships were named after famous British admirals: George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Battles of the Nile and Trafalgar.
To comply with the limitations of the Washington treaty, these ships were of an unusual design with many novel features. They are often referred to as the first treaty battleships. The Nelsons were unique in British battleship construction, being the only ships to carry a main armament of 16-inch (406 mm) guns. These were all carried forward.
Commissioned in 1927-30, the Nelsons served extensively in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Indian oceans during World War II. Rodney was made famous by her significant role in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941. The two ships were scrapped in 1948-49.