British battleship HMS Nelson planning to visit Colon, Panama according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 31 December 1930

Drawing made by G.J. Frans Naerebout and published in Op de Lange Deining written by G.A.J. Bovens

An item dated London, England 31st referred to the naval correspondent of the News Chronicle who reported that the British battleship HMS Nelson of the British Atlantic Fleet intended to visit the harbour of Colon at the northern entrance of the Panama Canal in the end of February 1931. According to the correspondent was this the first time in 25 years that a ship of the British Atlantic would pay an official visit to an American harbour.(1)

Note
1. Sister ship Rodney. Pennant 28. A simplified design of the N-3 battleships which was cancelled by the British Royal navy as a result of the Washing Naval Treaty of 1922. She was to able to compete with the USS Colorado and the Japanese Nagato battleship classes. Her building was ordered in 1922, laid down on 28 December at Armstrong-Whitworth, Newcastle launched on 3 September 1925, commissioned on 15 August 1927, 1941-1942 extensively repairs needed as a result of an Italian torpedo, decommissioned in February 1948 and on 15 March a year begun her breaking up.