Naval art print of HMS Nelson at Portsmouth Harbour
with the masts of HMS Victory in the skyline.
HMS Nelson by Ivan Berryman. Over 150 years of the Royal Navy are encapsulated in
this view of the mighty HMS Nelson, moored at Portsmouth in 1945. Beyond
the 16in guns of A turret, the masts of Admiral Nelsons flagship
at Trafalgar, HMS Victory rise into the skyline whilst in the foreground
MTB 507 cruises past on its way to the Solent.
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HMS Nelson was built by
Armstrong and launched in September 1925. During the Second World War,
Nelson was in the Home fleet from 1939-1942, and in 1943 she was in
Force "H". Nelson was mined off the Scottish coast in December
of 1939 and was under repair until June of 1940. She was struck by an
Italian aerial torpedo on 27th September 1941 under repair until April
1942. HMS Nelson saw service in he Mediterranean up to 1943, she again
saw service off Normandy where she was again mined on 18th June 1944 .
Repairs were carried out in Philadelphia, HMS Nelson then saw service in
the Indian Ocean in operations off the Malayan coast, returning home in
November 1945 she was scrapped on 15 March 1949 at Inverkeithing.
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