About the British Nelson Battleship
The Nelson was laid straight down in December 1922 on Newcastle yard of Vickers-Armstrong. She premiered on September 3rd 1925 and finished in June 1927. The woman armament contained nine 16-inch weapons in triple turrets all sited ahead of her connection, twelve 6-inch firearms in double turrets, six 4-7 inch A.A. weapons and eight 2 pounder pom-poms. Additionally two submerged torpedo pipes housed one on each beam forward below the lower deck line. It is insteresting to note these torpedos had been associated with 24.5 inches kind typical into the Japanese Navy, but unique to Nelson and Rodney within the Royal Navy because had been their 16-inch weapons. In order to save weight extensive usage had been made of new materials inside her construction, like light-weight metal, aluminium, fir for her deck in place of the traditional teak, and plywood for numerous internal non structural bulkheads and fittings, which was fireproofed. The woman finished displacement had been 33,950 tons over 1000 tons underneath the restriction imposed.
The Nelson and Rodney were the initial Uk warships to possess a tower connection and mast, additionally the first ever to have flush decks because the "Lord Nelsons" of 1908 and also their engine spaces ahead of boilers.
As security she carried a 14-inch armour gear along her beam which ran from somewhat ahead of her fore turret aft to her steering compartment. The woman primary turrets carried armour 16-inches thick except for their backs that have been 9-inch plate, the barbettes were of 15-inch plate and her middle deck A.P. was 6 1/4 ins thick over the woman publications, varying to 3-inches over the woman machinery areas.
She was running on Brown-Curtis geared turbines driving two shafts and the woman machinery was furnished by the Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company. These provided the lady a speed of 23.5 knots and 46,000 H.P. at the woman standard displacement on trials, though this speed ended up being seldom achieved operating. She carried a complement in peacetime of 1,300 Officers and males, this being increase in wartime to 1,700.
Due to her design, a compromise at most useful, she managed very poorly under many conditions, and specially in cross winds or in superficial water. In a following sea or going astern she steered badly, and had been slow to respond to the helm under all conditions.
