DEFENCE: Retirement of five capital ships from the RN (1948)

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Five older battleships and battlecruisers of the Royal Navy are scrapped rather than being overhauled and retrofitted to serve in the nuclear navy

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SLATE INFORMATION: Britain to Scrap Five Capital Ships

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NAVAL BRITISH Britain to scrap 5 capital ships. Shots of Launching of Nelson and pounding Italian coast. Rodney and Queen Elizabeth - Renown during Bismark chase all library materials. Shots of present Capital ships - Vanguard Duke of York, King George V - Anson and Howe.

NELSON, H.M.S. Shots of launching in 1925 - shots of Malta convoy days and pounding Italian coast used in "Britain to scrap 5 capital ships" story

"QUEEN ELIZABETH", H.M.S. Moored in Devonport harbour - Admiral Fisher comes aboard

"RENOWN" Shots of it used in "Britain to scrap five battleships story"

"RODNEY" During the Bismarck chase and Normandy landings used in Britain to scrap 5 capital ships

"VALIANT" Very good pom-pom shots taken on board during raid by enemy aircraft

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HMS Nelson, HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Renown, HMS Rodney, HMS Valiant, naval guns, Malta convoys, coastal barrage, Bismarck, Normandy invasion, World War I era warship, QF two-pounder guns, Bikini Atoll nuclear test
Background: Five older battleships and battlecruisers of the Royal Navy are scrapped rather than being overhauled and retrofitted to serve in the nuclear navy

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