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WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1874. HMVS NELSON, A WOODEN AUXILARY STEAM TRAINING SHIP, IN THE ALFRED GRAVING DOCK. A FORMER BRITISH LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP SHE WAS THE LAST AND THE LARGEST WOODEN WAR SHIP BUILT IN BRITAIN. A GIFT TO THE COLONY OF VICTORIA, SHE WAS USED AS A TRAINING SHIP. THE "NELSON" WAS THE FIRST VESSEL TO ENTER THE ALFRED GRAVING DOCK AND THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS PROBABLY TAKEN ON THAT DAY, 1874-02-02. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1874-03. STERN VIEW OF THE TRAINING BATTLESHIP HMVS NELSON IN THE ALFRED GRAVING DOCK. HMVS NELSON WAS THE FIRST VESSEL TO ENTER THE ALFRED GRAVING DOCK. (P0444/214/142 SAME IMAGE)
PROBABLY ENGLAND C. 1860. HMVS NELSON, A WOODEN AUXILARY STEAM BATTLESHIP, AFTER HER CONVERSION TO A TRAINING SHIP FOR THE VICTORIAN COLONIAL NAVY. THE NELSON, A LINE-OF-BATTLE SHIP, COMPLETED IN 1815
WILLIAMSTOWN 1874-03. HMVS NELSON IN THE ALFRED GRAVING DOCK. WORKMEN CAN BE SEEN CARRYING OUT REPAIRS TO THE SHIPS RUDDER. AT ABOUT THIS TIME THE NELSON HAD A FURTHER DECK REMOVED AND WAS RECLASSIFIE
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1882-02. THE RUSSIAN STEAM CORVETTE AFRIKA IN THE ALFRED GRAVING DOCK. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
WILLIAMSTOWN, VIC. 1919-04-28. THE CARGO VESSEL TSS BUNDARRA OF THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT LINE OF STEAMERS, THE FIRST AMERICAN BUILT WOODEN STEAMER TO COME TO AUSTRALIA, RESTS IN THE ALFRED GRAVING
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
