◾ Nelson was named after the legendary Admiral Horatio Nelson.
◾ The Nelson-class were the only Royal Navy battleships armed with 16-inch guns and were part of the “Big Seven” battleships.
◾ Nelson used a unique and innovative design where all three triple-gun turrets were placed forward of the bridge superstructure. Nelson had mixed luck throughout World War II, she never came under enemy shell fire but survived every form of underwater danger imaginable: mines, torpedoes, and submarine attacks. In a case of extreme luck, she was hit by a salvo of three torpedoes from a U-boat—but somehow all of them were duds.
◾ In November 1939, Nelson chased the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, but was out-run. The biggest weakness of Nelson was her relatively low speed and poor maneuverability.
◾ Nelson served most of the war in the Mediterranean, escorting vital convoys and providing gunfire support during Operation Torch, Operation Husky, and at Salerno. The Italian armistice with the allies was signed on her deck in September 1943.
◾ After an overhaul, she joined the D-Day invasion fleet. On D-Day, Nelson fired over 1,000 shells in support of the British landing on Gold beach.
◾ Afterwards, she served in the Indian Ocean for the remainder of the war.
◾ She returned to Britain in November 1945 and served as flagship of the Home Fleet for her final time until April 1946.
◾纳尔逊级是唯一拥有16英吋火炮的皇家海军战列舰, 也是"七 大"战列舰的一部分.
◾纳尔森使用了独特和创新的设计, 所有三炮炮塔都放在桥上层结构的前方. 纳尔森在整个第二次世界大战期间运气好坏, 它从未遭受敌人炮弹的炮火, 但幸存了各种可以想象的水下危险: 地雷, 鱼雷和潜艇攻击. 在一个极幸运的情况下, 它被U型潜艇的三枚鱼雷击中-但不知何故, 它们都是哑弹.
◾ 1939年十一月, 纳尔逊追逐德国战列舰沙恩霍斯特号和格奈森瑙号, 但已经逃跑了. 纳尔逊最大的弱点是她相对较低的速度和机动性差.
◾纳尔逊在地中海的大部分战争中服役, 护送重要车队, 并在火炬行动, Husky行动和萨莱诺提供枪击支援. 义大利与盟国的停战于1943. 年九月在她的甲板上签署.
◾经过大修后, 她加入了D日入侵舰队. D日, 纳尔逊发射了超过1,000枚炮弹, 支援英国降落在黄金海滩.
◾之后, 她在印度洋服役了战争的剩余时间.
◾她于1945年十一月返回英国, 最后一次担任家乡舰队的旗舰, 直到1946. 年四月.