BRITAIN’S SEA MIGHT.— H.M.S. Nelson, one of the Navy’s biggest battleships, which was damaged by a magnetic mine in the early part of December, but was able to return to harbour under her own steam. Fifteen years old, she will soon be rejoining the fleet. Above her on patrol in the picture is an aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20185, 1 March 1940, Page 5
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60BRITAIN’S SEA MIGHT.— H.M.S. Nelson, one of the Navy’s biggest battleships, which was damaged by a magnetic mine in the early part of December, but was able to return to harbour under her own steam. Fifteen years old, she will soon be rejoining the fleet. Above her on patrol in the picture is an aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20185, 1 March 1940, Page 5
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