HMS Victory

 
 

 
Price:  $399.99 -  Cat No: 48001

full gallery of photos down below

 

 

 

     Fully Assembled - Not a kit

 

     Museum quality model with Amazing details (cannonball racks between the cannons, planked deck where 

          you can see the nail holes, oars in the lifeboats, lantern of the main mast).

 

     30" Long x 9" Wide x 23" High (1:135 scale)

 

     Real authentically aged copper plated hull, just like the actual HMS Victory.

          (done to prevent the torpedo worm from destroying the hull)

 

     Built with rare, high quality woods such as cherry, birch, maple and rosewood.

 

     Perfectly taught rigging with varied thread color and thickness.

 

     Highest quality parts used: Metal anchors and brass cannons

 

     Advanced rigging techniques with over 100 blocks/deadeyes

 

     17 masterfully stitched, thick canvass sails that hold their shape and do not wrinkle

 

     The model rests perfectly on a large wood base (marble pictured) between four arched metal dolphins.

 

     To build this ship, extensive research was done using various sources such as museums, drawings,

          paintings and copies of original plans.

 

HISTORY:

On October 21, 1805, one of the most momentous battles in European history began off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. The HMS Victory, led by Lord Horatio Nelson, defeated the Napoleon-led armada of French and Spanish ships as they attempted to invade England. At the head of the British column, Nelson's flagship, the HMS Victory, sailed directly into the center of the Napoleon-led fleet to cut it in two. Her steering was disabled, her sails were full of holes, and she was partially dismasted, but Victory came straight on. Only then did Nelson give the order to open fire while turning to run down the line of the French formation.

Victory slashed through the enemy's line of ships, taking great punishment, but leaving disaster in her wake. While Lord Horatio Nelson was mortally wounded, he was informed that he led them to a great victory, with 25 enemy ships already captured or sunk.

 

 

 

 

   

 

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