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HMS Victory - 1:72 scale
She is a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal British Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
After 1824 she served as a harbor ship. In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She continues to be flagship of the Second Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission.
She is a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal British Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is most famous as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
After 1824 she served as a harbor ship. In 1922 she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She continues to be flagship of the Second Sea Lord and is the oldest naval ship still in commission.
Displacement - 3,500 tons Overall Length - 227 ft. 6 in. Beam - 51 ft. 10 in.
Compliment of 850 crewmen and officers.
Compliment of 850 crewmen and officers.
- Armament - Gundeck... 30 32 pounders
- Middle gundeck........... 28 24 pounders
- Upper gundeck............ 30 12 pounders
- Quarterdeck................ 12 12 pounders
- Forecastle.................... 2 12 pounders and 2 carronades - 68 pounders
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| Shrouds and Rat Lines |
The most dreaded task of all has to be tying the rat lines (rope ladders).
We have all seen movies with the seamen climbing around on them with knives in their teeth. Each row is tied with single "clove hitch" knots from shroud to shroud. This ship has over 2,000 clove hitch knots in her rat lines.
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