The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 AND DESIGNED TO CARRY 120 GUNS ON THREE DECKS, WAS THE LAST AND THE LARGEST WOODEN WAR SHIP BUILT IN BRITAIN. DUE TO THE ADVENT OF STEAM SHE WAS NEVER COMMISSIONED. SHE WAS CONVERTED TO AUXILARY SCREW PROPULSION IN 1854. HER UPPER DECK WAS REMOVED AND HER ARMAMENT REDUCED TO 46 GUNS. IN THIS CONFIGURATION, AS IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, SHE WAS COMMISSIONED ON 1867-07-22 AND SAILED FOR AUSTRALIA 1867-10-20 ARRIVING AT MELBOURNE EARLY IN 1868-02, A GIFT TO THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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
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
Portrait of 24029 Able Seaman (AB) John Robinson Young, HMAS Cerberus, of Hughenden, Qld, behind the wheel of HMVS Nelson. AB Young later served with HMAS Sydney and was killed in action when she was
c.1875. Starboard side view of the Victorian coast defence ship HMVS Cerberus in port in her original configuration with two masts and flying decks extended over the turrets for boat storage. The phot
PORT PHILLIP BAY, VIC. ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF TWO SHIPS OF THE VICTORIAN NAVAL FORCE, CERBERUS (FOREGROUND) AND NELSON. THE ILLUSTRATION DEPICTS THE CERBERUS FLYING THE FLAG OF THE COLONY OF VICTORIA,
Williamstown, Victoria. Between 1870 and 1879. Port broadside view of the wooden steam battleship HMVS Nelson. In the 1860s the British Admiralty offered the ship on permanent loan to the Victorian Go
