HMS Nelson
Laid Down: 28 December 1922

Launched: 3 September 1925

Builder: Vickers-Armstrong, Newcastle

Machinery: Two Brown-Curtis turbines; Eight 3-drum Admiralty boilers, 2 shafts

Power Output: 45,000 SHP

Displacement
Standard: 33,950 tons (34,493 tonnes)
Full load: 38,000 tons (38,608 tonnes)

Dimensions
Length : 710 ft (216.8 m)
Beam: 106 ft (32.4 m)
Height: 31 ft 6 in (9.6 m)

Armour
Belt:13 -14 inchs (330-356 mm)
Bulkheads:12-14 inchs (305-356 mm)
Decks: 3-6.25 inchs (76-159 mm)
Barbettes: 14-15 inchs (356-380 mm)
Turrets: 7-16 inchs (178-406 mm)
Secondary Turrets: 1-1.5 inchs (25-38 mm)
Coning Tower: 15 inchs (406 mm)

Performance
Max. Speed : 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h)
Range: 14,300 n.m. (26,500 km) @ 12 kts (22.2 km/h)
Oil: 4,000 tons (4,064 tonnes)

Armament
Nine 16 inch (406 mm)
Twelve 6 inch (152 mm)
Six 4.7 inch AA (119 mm)
Two 24.5 inch torpedo tubes

Crew: 1,314

Others in Class: HMS Rodney
 

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