HMS Lord Nelson was a British battleship, the so-called pre-dreadnought or pre-dreadnought, from the period of World War I and the period preceding it. The keel for the ship was laid in 1905, the launch took place in 1906, and entry into service with the Royal Navy - in December 1908. The length of the ship was 135.2 m, width 24.2 m, and her displacement was about 16,300 tons. The maximum speed is approx. 18 knots. The ship was armed with 4 305 mm guns, and the auxiliary armament included, among others: 10 234 mm guns and 5 450 mm torpedo tubes.
HMS Lord Nelson was the first unit of the battleship class of the same name. This class also turned out to be the last class of pre-dreadnought battleships in the Royal Navy, as HMS Dreadnought was being built simultaneously with it, which turned out to be a revolution in the field of shipbuilding. HMS Lord Nelson, upon entering service, was assigned to the Home Fleet, where he remained in the years 1908-1914. At the outbreak of World War I, it was navigated to the waters of the English Channel, and later, in the period 1915-1916, it took part in the operation on the Dardanelles in the Mediterranean. Until the end of the war, it remained in this area, mainly based in the Greek port of Thessaloniki. In November 1918, he was sent to today's Istanbul, due to the capitulation of the Ottoman Empire, and then he served in the Black Sea for a few months. HMS Lord Nelson was decommissioned in May 1919.