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From: mlfisher@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: Battleship Nelson
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Date: 3 Aug 90 03:12:49 GMT
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From: mlfisher@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
> They were the only English battleships to be built after the Washington
> Treaty 

What about the KING GEORGE V class, (KGV, PRINCE OF WALES, VANGUARD and DUKE OF
YORK)?  Had the Washington Treaty been scrapped when these ships were laid
down?

A small point about the RODNEY, she took part in sinking the BISMARCK, (with
KGV), and was the first (only?) battleship to successfully torpedo another
battleship.

Mike