Nelson-class
An item dated London, England 17th reported that the same day Princess Mary launched the latest built British battle cruiser HMS Rodney laid down in 1922. She was one of the last warships designed by Sir Tennyson Deyncourt, then director of the naval establishments and well known for her triple armoured gun turrets.(1)
Note
1. Of the Nelson-class with as sister ship the HMS Nelson, preceded by the never realized N3-class and the realized Revenge-class and succeeded by the King George V-class. Building ordered in 1922, laid down at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 28 December 1922, launched on 17 December 1925, sponsored y Princess Mary, completed in August 1927, commissioned on 10 November 1927, involved in the battle with the German battleship Bismarck 26-27 May 1941. decommissioned in 1946, stricken in 1947 and started at Inverkeithing, Scotland her breaking up on 26 March 1948. Building costs 7.617.799 pond sterling. Originally intended to be larger but as result of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 was her designed displacement limited to just 35.000 tons.
