Editing HMS Nelson

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Three ships and a naval base of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Nelson''''' in honour of [[Horatio Nelson]]:

* {{HMS|Nelson|1814}} was a 120-gun [[first rate]] launched in 1814. She was converted to screw propulsion and rearmed to 90 guns in 1860, and was handed over to the government of the [[State of Victoria|Colony of Victoria, Australia]], in 1867. She was sold in 1898 as a storage hulk, and later used as a coal hulk, and was scrapped in 1928.
* {{HMS|Nelson|1876}} was a {{sclass|Nelson|cruiser|0}} [[armoured cruiser]], launched in 1876. She became a training ship in 1902. and she was sold as scrap in 1910.
* {{HMS|Nelson|28}} was a {{sclass|Nelson|battleship}}. She was launched in 1925, served during World War II, and was scrapped in 1949.
*[[HMS Nelson (shore establishment)|HMS ''Nelson'' (shore establishment)]] is a stone frigate based within the walls of [[HMNB Portsmouth]].

==Battle honours==
*[[Malta convoys|Malta Convoys]] 1941−42
*[[North African campaign|North Africa]] 1942−43
*[[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily]] 1943
*[[Operation Avalanche|Salerno]] 1943
*[[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Mediterranean]] 1943
*[[Operation Overlord|Normandy]] 1944

==See also==
* {{HMS|Lord Nelson}}

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