HMS Nelson

HMS Nelson seen in 1947.

HMS Nelson (pennant number 28) was one of two Nelson-class battleships built for the Royal Navy between the two World Wars. She was named in honour of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson the victor at the Battle of Trafalgar. The Nelsons were unique in British battleship construction, being the only ships to carry a main armament of 16 in (410 mm) guns and the only ones to carry all the main armament forward of the superstructure. These were a result of the limitations of the Washington Naval Treaty. Commissioned in 1927, Nelson served extensively in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian oceans during World War II. She was decommissioned soon after the end of the war and scrapped in 1949. She was nicknamed "Nels-ol" from the resemblance in her outline to RN oilers, whose names ended in "-ol"

United Kingdom
Ordered: 1922
Builder: Armstrong-Whitworth
Laid down: 28 December 1922
Launched: 3 September 1925
Commissioned: 15 August 1927[1]
Decommissioned: February 1948
In service: 1927–1948
Struck: 1948
Motto:

• Palmam qui meruit ferat
• Latin: "Let him bear the palm who has deserved it"

Nickname(s): Nelsol
Fate: Scrapped starting on 15 March 1949
Badge: A rearing lion facing back clasping a palm frond
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28)