PART OF THE GUNDECK OF TRAINING SHIP HMVS NELSON. LAUNCHED IN ENGLAND ON 1814-07-04 AS A THREE ...

PART OF THE GUNDECK OF TRAINING SHIP HMVS NELSON. LAUNCHED IN ENGLAND ON 1814-07-04 AS A THREE DECK SAILING WARSHIP NELSON WAS CONVERTED LATER TO A STEAM SCREW SHIP AND ON 1860-02-07 WAS UNDOCKED WITH ONE DECK REMOVED. IN 1867-02 SHE WAS LENT TO THE VICTORIAN NAVAL FORCES AND USED AS A TRAINING SHIP. IN THE 1870S ANOTHER DECK WAS REMOVED AND THE VESSEL WAS AGAIN CLASSIFIED AS A WARSHIP. NELSON WAS LAID UP IN 1891 AND ON 1898-04-28 WAS SOLD FOR SERVICE AS A STORES HULK IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BROKEN UP IN HOBART, TASMANIA, IN 1928-09. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)