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Specifications
| Ship Class | Nelson |
| Built | Cammell-Laird,Birkenhead |
| Laid Down | December 28, 1922 |
| Launched | December 17, 1925 |
| Commisioned | Nov.10/27 |
| Operational Status | Refit 1941, reserve 1945 decommissioned 1946 scrapped March 26, 1948 |
| Ship Length(O/A) | 710.0' |
| Length(W/L) | 695.0' |
| Beam | 106.0' |
| Draft | 28.0' (Avg), 33.0' (Max) |
| Full Load Displacement | 38,000 tons |
| Standard Displacement | 33,950 tons |
| Boilers | 8 Admiralty 3 drum type w/ superheaters |
| Turbines | 2 Brown Curtis geared turbines |
| Horsepower | 45,000 |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Max Speed | 23.8 knts |
| Oil Bunkerage | 4,000 tons oil |
| Main Side Belt Protection | 14.12" |
| Deck Armour Protection | 6.32" |
| Turrets | 16.24" face, 9" sides |
| Barbettes | 15.24" |
| Main Gun | 9 x 16"/45 cal in three triple turrets forward |
| Secondary Gun | 12 x 6"/50 cal in 6 dual turrets 6 x 4.7"/40 cal AA all above removed by ./44 8 x 4"/50 cal in four twin mounts (./44) |
| Heavy A/A | 8 x 2pdr. pompoms (design) 32-48 x 1.57"/8 barrelled Pom-Poms ./44 |
| Other | 2 x 24.5" torpedo tubes, removed 1938-39 |
| Usual Crew Compliment | 1,640 |
