# HMS Nelson

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Three ships and a naval base of the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) have been named '''HMS ''Nelson''''' in honour of [Horatio Nelson](/source/Horatio_Nelson):

* {{HMS|Nelson|1814}} was a 120-gun [first rate](/source/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 [Colony of Victoria, Australia](/source/State_of_Victoria), 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](/source/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)](/source/HMS_Nelson_(shore_establishment)) is a stone frigate based within the walls of [HMNB Portsmouth](/source/HMNB_Portsmouth).

==Battle honours==
*[Malta Convoys](/source/Malta_convoys) 1941−42
*[North Africa](/source/North_African_campaign) 1942−43
*[Sicily](/source/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily) 1943
*[Salerno](/source/Operation_Avalanche) 1943
*[Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean_and_Middle_East_theatre_of_World_War_II) 1943
*[Normandy](/source/Operation_Overlord) 1944

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

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