H.M.S. Nelson Starts Her Last Voyage -- From the air H.M.S. Nelson shows nothing of her wartime damage as she sails from Portland Harbour on her way to Portsmouth. From there Nelson will go to Rosyth either to be scrapped or held in reserve. One of the Royal Navy's most ***** battleships heads for retirement - H.M.S. Nelson launched in 1925 at of ?7,504,055, sailed from Portland yesterday in her way to the ***** or the fleet reserve. Her design was a direct outcome of the Washington of 1922, by which ***** warships' size and armament were controlled. September 23, 1947.