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The Lord Nelson class consisted of a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the twentieth century. Although they were the last British pre-dreadnoughts, both were completed and commissioned well over a year after HMS Dreadnought had entered service in late 1906.
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.
Nelson, named after Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, [13] was the third ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy. [14] She was laid down on 28 December 1922 as part of the 1922 Naval Programme at Armstrong Whitworth's Low Walker shipyard in North Tyneside, Newcastle upon Tyne [15] and was launched on 3 September 1925.
HMS Lord Nelson was a Lord Nelson-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1906 and completed in 1908. She was the Royal Navy's last pre-dreadnought. The ship was flagship of the Channel Fleet when the First World War began in 1914. Lord Nelson was transferred to the Mediterranean Sea in early 1915 to participate in the Dardanelles Campaign ...
The British Royal Navy built a series of pre-dreadnought battleships as part of a naval expansion programme that began with the Naval Defence Act 1889.These ships were characterised by a main battery of four heavy guns—typically 12-inch (305 mm) guns—in two twin mounts, a secondary armament that usually comprised 4.7-to-6-inch (120 to 150 mm) guns, and a high freeboard.
At the beginning of the Second World War, the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world. It had 20 battleships and battlecruisers ready for service or under construction, twelve aircraft carriers, over 90 light and heavy cruisers, 70 submarines, over 100 destroyers as well as numerous escort ships, minelayers, minesweepers and 232 aircraft.
Rodney, named for Admiral Lord George Rodney, [17] was the sixth ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy. [18] Given the yard number 904, [ 19 ] she was laid down on 28 December 1922 as part of the 1922 Naval Programme at Cammell Laird 's shipyard in Birkenhead and was launched on 17 December 1925 by Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles ...
HMS King George V lead ship of class in 1941 and the most advanced British battleships of World War II. Queen Elizabeth-class battleship [30] Revenge-class battleship [31] Nelson-class battleship [32] King George V-class battleship [33]