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From: prm@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu (Phil Moyer)
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Subject: Re: Battleship Nelson
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Date: 25 Jul 90 00:47:13 GMT
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From: prm@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu (Phil Moyer)
Here's what I could find on the Nelson Class:

			Nelson Class Battleships

There were two ships in the class; the HMS Nelson and HMS Rodney.

Nelson was completed in September of 1927 and scrapped in 1949.
Rodney was completed in November of 1927 and scrapped in 1948.

They were the only English battleships to be built after the Washington
Treaty - designed primarily for protection and heavy armament at the expense
of speed.

They were the Royal Navy's most modern capital ships in 1936, so they were
not refitted for WWII.  By 1945, however, their short-range armament,
particularly their AA system, had been considerably increassed.  They
were also fitted with modern radar systems.

Displacement:	33,950 Tons
Length:		710 feet
Armament:	9 x 16 inch
		12 x 6 inch
		6 x 4.7 in AA
		24 x 2 pdr AA
		2 x 24.5 in TT
Armor:		14 in belt
		9/16 in main turrets
		3 3/4 / 6 1/4 in main deck
Maxmimum speed:	23 knots

Reference: Battleships 1856-1977, by Antony Preston

Cheers,
Phil