"33,950 Tons of British Sea Power - HMS Nelson. April 1943, on Board HMS Rodney, in the Western Mediterranean, One of the Giants of the British Navy, the 33,500 Ton Battleship HMS Nelson. She Is 710 Feet Long and Carries a Complement of 1361 Men. Her Formidable Armament Includes 9 16 Inch Guns, 12 6 Inch Guns, 6 4.7 Inch Anti Aircraft Guns and a Number of Smaller Guns." Smoke from her 16 inch guns darkens the scene as HMS NELSON hurls shells weighing one ton from the turrets whose revolving weight above and below decks is about 1,500 tons - the weight of a modern destroyer.