Editing Nelson-class battleship (section)

==Construction and career==
[[File:HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney.jpg|thumb|''Nelson'' and ''Rodney'']]

By the end of the war, ''Rodney'' had seen hard use without any significant refit or repair and was worn out, especially her machinery.<ref name="ReferenceC"/>{{Page needed|date=March 2023}} ''Nelson'' had been refitted in the United States at the end of 1944 and was in sufficiently good condition to serve in the postwar fleet including a short period as flagship of the Home Fleet at the end of 1945. ''Rodney'' was scrapped in 1948 at Inverkeithing, not long after the {{sclass|Revenge|battleship|1}}s and {{sclass|Queen Elizabeth|battleship|1}}s, and ''Nelson'' in 1949 following its use as a target for bombing trials. "According to Winston Churchill's memoirs, a major modernisation was discussed to enable '' Nelson'' to serve for several years in the postwar fleet, but no other details have survived. In any case ''Nelson'' was too slow for the modern fleet which had no front-line role for battleships any more".<ref>''Conway's Battleships'', Ian Sturnton, Conway Maritime Press, London, 2008, {{ISBN|978 1 844860 685}}, p. 135.</ref>
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