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After completing trials under Captain The Hon. [[Matthew Robert Best|Matthew R. Best]], the new battleship was commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 August, 1927 under the command of Captain [[Sidney Julius Meyrick]].{{NLFeb29|p. 256}}
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After completing trials under Captain The Hon. [[Matthew Robert Best|Matthew R. Best]], the new battleship paid off on 9 June{{NLJul27|p. 256}} before being commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 August, 1927 under the command of Captain [[Sidney Julius Meyrick]].{{NLFeb29|p. 256}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Matthew Robert Best|nick=The Hon. Matthew R. Best|appt=5 January, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 256}}<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 192.</ref>|end=15 August, 1927<ref>Best Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 192.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=while completing and for duration of trials}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Hugh Binney|nick=Thomas H. Binney|appt=15 December, 1928<ref>Binney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/9.|D7603913}} f. 412.</ref>|end=26 May, 1930<ref>Binney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/9.|D7603913}} f. 412.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Brand, then Chatfield from 1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Hugh Binney|nick=Thomas H. Binney|appt=15 December, 1928<ref>Binney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/9.|D7603913}} f. 412.</ref>|end=26 May, 1930<ref>Binney Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/9.|D7603913}} f. 412.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to Brand, then Chatfield from 1929}}

Revision as of 08:42, 5 March 2018

H.M.S. Nelson (1925)
Pendant Number: 28[1]
Builder: Armstrong[2]
Laid down: 28 Dec, 1922[3]
Launched: 3 Sep, 1925[4]
Commissioned: 15 Aug, 1927[5]
Broken up: 1948[6]
H.M.S. Nelson was one of two Nelson Class dreadnoughts completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

After completing trials under Captain The Hon. Matthew R. Best, the new battleship paid off on 9 June[7] before being commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 August, 1927 under the command of Captain Sidney Julius Meyrick.[8]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 January, 1930.[9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Wikipedia
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 256.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 14.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 256.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 256.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 255.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 256.
  11. ↑ Best Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 192.
  12. ↑ Best Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 192.
  13. ↑ Binney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/9. f. 412.
  14. ↑ Binney Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/9. f. 412.
  15. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  16. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  17. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  18. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  19. ↑ Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
  20. ↑ Macnamara Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/130. f. 238.
  21. ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
  22. ↑ Willis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52. f. 460.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 256.
  24. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  25. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  26. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  27. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  28. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  29. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  30. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  31. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  32. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  33. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  34. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

Bibliography


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