Trumpter 1/200 HMS Nelson 1944 Kit 030708Nelson Class Battleship HMS NELSON was laid down at Armstrong Whitworths shipyard in Newcastle on Tyne on December 28th 1922, launched on September 3rd 1925, and commissioned on August 15th 1927. At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939, NELSON was serving as flagship of the Home Fleet. In March 1941 NELSON supported the landing raid on the Lofoten Islands, Norway, against German factories producing fish oil and glycerine. The same year