HMS Nelson, is there more than one?

StarFox · 10-03-07, 11:44 PM

USS Enterprise....if any other US Navy ship was to be saved, that would be almost everyones first choice. she fought in almost every major battle during the whole war, from Pearl Harbor to Toyko Bay

mrbeast · 10-04-07, 04:14 AM

Yes the big E should have been saved. There was, at the time, a lot of public upset at the decision to have her scrapped IIRC. There were some vessels saved from the wartime RN most notably HMS Belfast which is now a museum ship (run by the Imperial War museum) on the Thames in London. Apart from that there is a destroyer and a frigate still extant AFAIK. The frigate is currently owned by Egypt, plans are afoot to purchase her for the nation.

But overal considering Britain's naval past its not much to have survived.

BTW Belfast is execellent and well worth a visit if any of you ever plan on going to London.

Jimbuna · 10-04-07, 04:43 AM

Possibly the last surviving UK destroyer :hmm:

http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/

Captain Nemo · 10-04-07, 05:56 AM

Going back to the original topic, a similar thing has happened to me in my latest career. In one patrol I sunk HMS Rodney amongst a convoy of merchants and escorts. In a subsequent patrol I engaged another convoy to find HMS Rodney once again. The difference this time was that she was the only escort for the whole convoy. Needless to say, I sunk her and went on to annilate most of the convoy. My best patrol yet with 136,888 GRT to my credit.

Nemo

10-03-07, 11:44 PM	#1
StarFox Engineer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Posts: 216 Downloads: 59 Uploads: 0	USS Enterprise....if any other US Navy ship was to be saved, that would be almost everyones first choice. she fought in almost every major battle during the whole war, from Pearl Harbor to Toyko Bay __________________ Devoted fan of the SS United States, America's Flagship! I dream of her second life....

10-04-07, 04:14 AM	#2
mrbeast Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bolton, UK Posts: 1,236 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yes the big E should have been saved. There was, at the time, a lot of public upset at the decision to have her scrapped IIRC. There were some vessels saved from the wartime RN most notably HMS Belfast which is now a museum ship (run by the Imperial War museum) on the Thames in London. Apart from that there is a destroyer and a frigate still extant AFAIK. The frigate is currently owned by Egypt, plans are afoot to purchase her for the nation. But overal considering Britain's naval past its not much to have survived. BTW Belfast is execellent and well worth a visit if any of you ever plan on going to London. __________________

10-04-07, 04:43 AM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,584 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Possibly the last surviving UK destroyer :hmm: http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/ __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-04-07, 05:56 AM	#4
Captain Nemo Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: London, England Posts: 1,144 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Going back to the original topic, a similar thing has happened to me in my latest career. In one patrol I sunk HMS Rodney amongst a convoy of merchants and escorts. In a subsequent patrol I engaged another convoy to find HMS Rodney once again. The difference this time was that she was the only escort for the whole convoy. Needless to say, I sunk her and went on to annilate most of the convoy. My best patrol yet with 136,888 GRT to my credit. Nemo __________________ "I'm afraid there is no disguising the fact that King's obsession with the Pacific and the Battle of Washington cost us dear in the Battle of the Atlantic". Sir John Slessor GCB, DSO, MC, DL AOC-in-C Coastal Command RAF ___________________________________________