FAMOUS BATTLESHIP’S LAST VOYAGE.—One of the Royal Navy’s most famous ships, H.M.S. Nelson, heads for retirement. She is shown leaving Portland harbour recently on her way to Portsmouth. From there she will go to Rosyth, Scotland, either to be scrapped or held in reserve. Launched in 1925 at a cost of nearly £6,500,000, the Nelson had an eventful career during the recent war. Although she fought in every naval theatre of war except the Pacific, not one of her crew, which averaged 1600 men, was killed on board.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25306, 4 October 1947, Page 9
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88FAMOUS BATTLESHIP’S LAST VOYAGE.—One of the Royal Navy’s most famous ships, H.M.S. Nelson, heads for retirement. She is shown leaving Portland harbour recently on her way to Portsmouth. From there she will go to Rosyth, Scotland, either to be scrapped or held in reserve. Launched in 1925 at a cost of nearly £6,500,000, the Nelson had an eventful career during the recent war. Although she fought in every naval theatre of war except the Pacific, not one of her crew, which averaged 1600 men, was killed on board. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25306, 4 October 1947, Page 9
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