[[Kantai Collection]] character, personifying "HMS [i]Nelson[/i], pennant 28":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28)], in turn named after "Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson], the victor at the "Battle of Trafalgar":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar. As with all British ships before her, she was illustrated by [[konishi (koconatu)|Konishi]], with her voice provided by [[Nomizu Iori]]. She was introduced into the game during the game's Early Fall 2018 Event. She is the first non-Japanese and third ever member of the so-called Big 7 (the seven battleships with 16-inch guns built before WWII) in the game, joining [[Nagato (kancolle)|Nagato]] and [[mutsu (kancolle)|Mutsu]].

Like [[warspite (kancolle)|Warspite]] and [[jervis (kancolle)|Jervis]] before her, she is given typical Germanic features as commonly pictured of Britons by the Japanese: Long [[blonde hair]] with [[blue eyes]] with a [[large_breasts|well-endowed figure]]. She wears a [[military uniform]] consisting a light gray [[long_sleeves|long-sleeved]] shirt and a dark gray [[pencil skirt]] with grey [[thighhighs]], a [[red ascot]], and [[headgear]] consisting of antennae and other components, similar to those worn by Nagato and Mutsu. Her [[machinery]] includes her famed 16-inch guns, all gathered to her right side with smaller cannons at her left. Nelson also has a remodeled form which includes a slight change in color scheme for her shirt and her machinery. Nelson's strictly military appearance contrasts greatly with Warspite's regal one due to their respective classes' namesakes being of admiralty and of royalty respectively.

In the game, Nelson is given a special power known as the Nelson Touch, in which part of her machinery, particularly the large guns, transfers to the front of her abdomen. In the game, Nelson in flagship position uses this form on her simultaneous cut-in attack alongside ships in positions 3 and 5 (must not be carriers or battleships). Nelson's Touch form, meant to evoke the historical battleship's hull length, unwittingly became meme and parody fodder instead. The name "Nelson Touch" is a "historical term":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nelson_Touch, referring either to Vice Admiral Nelson's naval strategy that he used to great success or the broader sense of naval superiority the Royal Navy enjoyed during the 1800s after the British victory in the Battle of Trafalgar despite Vice Admiral Nelson's death during that time.

The historical HMS [i]Nelson[/i] had a mixed history, spending much of it in repairs, but saw her main action in the Mediterranean escorting convoys to Malta and bombardment actions for Operation Torch, Sicily landings, and Salerno. She also supported the Normandy landings and in the final months of the war operated against the Japanese off Malaya. Both the Italian Armistice and the surrender of Japanese forces in Malaya were signed on board the historical battleship. She served as a training ship after the war and was used as a target ship before being broken up in 1949.

h4. See also:
* "Wikipedia article on [i]HMS Nelson[/i]":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nelson_(28)]
* "Nelson on the Kancolle Wiki":[http://kancolle.wikia.com/wiki/Nelson]
ネルソン ネルソン(艦隊これくしょん) ネルソン(艦これ) Nelson