On this day 100 years ago in 1922 HM Ships Nelson and Rodney are laid down. The only British battleships to carry main armament in triple turrets and the only ones to mount 16 inch guns. Both served in WW2 and survived to be scrapped afterwards.
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Stores Basin, Sembawang Dockyard, Singapore, 1974. RFA TIDESURGE and RFA TIDESPRING visiting with HMS LONDONDERRY, HMS SYCLLA, HMS DANAE, HMS CHICHESTER, HMAS VENDETTA, HMS HYDRA, HMS ARIADNE, HMS WASPERTON, HMS YARNTON, HMNZS OTAGO,
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