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HMS Victory 1805 (Exclusive Edition) Wooden Scale

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HMS Victory 1805 (Exclusive Edition) Wooden Scale
Scratch built wood plank on frame replica model. HMS Victory, launched at Chatham in 1765, was a 100-gun ship of the line with a length of 227.5 ft overall (69.34 m), a displacement of 3500 tons, and a crew of more than 800 men. On Oct. 21, 1805, at the Battle of Trafalgar, twenty-seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Nelson aboard HMS Victory defeated thirty-three French and Spanish ships of the line under French Admiral Villeneuve. The battle took place in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Spain, just west of Cape Trafalgar. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost twenty-two ships and the British lost none. In the 1920s, HMS Victory was put in a dry dock and restored to her condition. She remains a precious museum and testament to Britain’s naval past. Measures 37” L x 12" W x 36” H with the display stand. From the Estate of Joseph Musso collection.