The Navy’s Wonder Ship (1934)

Full title reads “Off Portsmouth THE NAVY’S WONDER SHIP - £ 7,500,000 battleship “Nelson“ - Flagship of the Home Fleet - goes aground for nine hours and then successfully re-floated.“ Portsmouth, Hampshire. Battleship Nelson at sea off Portsmouth, signalling with the lamp. It is too close to shore and a great effort is put into pushing it off coast. Seven tugs, several oil tankers and battleships are employed in this operation. Various shots of several ships surrounding Nelson in an attempt to help. Several shots of battleship with ships around. Picture disappears at (01:12:23) and only the soundtrack remains until the end of item at (01:12:40). Note: Quite badly damaged piece of film. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collec