British Official Photograph No A.4679.
(Admiralty Photograph. Crown Copyright Reserved).
The British Destroyer H.M.S. "Nestor"
H.M.S. "Nestor" is of 1,690 tons displacement
and carriers a complement of 183. Her dimensions are 348 x 35 x 9 and…
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