Cutting Down HMVS Nelson in 1878.

Unshipping the Main Mast.
Image State Library of Victoria.

Unshipping the Fore Mast.
Image - Brodie Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria.

Incorrectly Showing the Mizzen Mast Being Removed First.
Australasian Sketcher 13 April 1878
Image courtesy of the State Library of Victoria.

The Argus, 29 November 1878


Nelson as a Line-of-Battleship before 1878.	Nelson as a Frigate after cutting down.

The Argus, 6 December 1878

The Argus, 12 August 1879

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