BRITAIN’S SUPER-BATTLESHIPS
NAVIGATION DIFFICULT. [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, May 16. The battleship, H.M.S. “Nelson,” which on December 1 escaped grounding in harbour, had another narrow escape from grounding when she was in tho Portland roads. She suddenly slid on to a bank of mud, and her screws churned helplessly, until a destroyer and a couple of tugs towed her to deeper water. The “Daily Telegraph’s” naval correspondent. says: “Reports have long been current in naval circles that the “Nelson” and the “Rodney’ ’are peculiarly difficult, to navigate. Their high freeboard and their lofty control towers present an immense surface to the wind. Moreover, th? bridge is so far aft that it is difficult to navigate when these vessels are entering harbour.” “It is virtually certain,” adds the correspondent, “that no further ships of the “Nelson” class will be built, though their fighting power is tremendous.”
These vessels, each 934,000 tons, were built in 1925. Their speed is 23J knots and they carry nine 16-in. and twelve 6in guns.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 May 1934, Page 7
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