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Friday, January 27, 2023

HMS Nelson.

 1. HMS Nelson in original form.

2. The razée frigate HMS Nelson in her final form as a warship, c. 1882-9.HMS Nelson was a 126-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 4 July 1814 at Woolwich Dockyard, but then laid up incomplete at Portsmouth until 1854, when work began with a view to commissioning her for service in the Crimean War, but this ended before much work had been done, and the ship returned to reserve.She was converted into a screw ship in 1860, being cut down to a two-decker and fitted with an engine of 2,102 indicated horsepower (1,567 kW) for a speed of 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph). 




3. Stern view of the razée HMS Nelson in the Alfred Graving Dock, Williamstown, c. 1874. Razee is a sailing ship that has been cut down (razeed) to reduce the number of decks. 

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