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Nelsons Navy Static Model Boats
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| A new range of static kits. Are true scale kits. Great attention to detail has been incorporated into these kits, and each boat has its own specific fittings. All the kits are double planked, with CNC cut frames etc. Excellent plan sets and English instructions, several further new kits will be introduced over the next couple of years. Scale of Kits 1/64th NOTE: Where the number and name of the kit is underlined, you can click on them to display an image of the boat. |
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H.M.S Victory
Launched on May 18th 2003, exactly 198 years after Nelson
first hoisted his flag onboard Victory, the kit includes:
Double plank on bulkhead construction in lime and walnut,
complete with pre-cut gunport strips ~ no more need to
tediously mark on and cut out the gunports yourself; 5
different sizes of turned brass cannons; Carronades; 8
sheets of brass etched components; 3 different profiled
brass rails; CNC cut walnut and ply components, profiled
where necessary; All new scale turned wood belaying pins,
support pillars and staircase balusters; All necessary
blocks and black / natural hemp for rigging; All 4 ships
boats in authentic plank on bulkhead construction; All new
scale copper plates.
18 sheets of fully detailed actual size plans and a
comprehensive, full colour, step-by-step instruction manual
including constructional photos of the prototype. All this
enables you to build the most authentic model of H.M.S.
Victory as she appeared at Trafalgar.
As well as this, the kit also includes the timber work to
produce the model to the current specifications as she
stands in Portsmouth, for example timberheads, capping and
hammock cranes for the forecastle. After more than two years
of extensive research and development, using information and
sources previously unavailable, this is the most
historically accurate, highly detailed kit of Victory in her
Trafalgar condition available.
Our model is very different to other manufacturers, and the
amendments are the result of our own research verified by
Mr. Peter Goodwin, and further research provided by Mr.
Goodwin.
Mr. Goodwin is the Keeper and Curator of H.M.S. Victory in
Portsmouth and is currently heading the project, researching
Victory's true Trafalgar configuration. It is the intention
of the Navy to restore Victory to this configuration by the
2005 bicentennial celebrations. Details of the planned
amendments were due for release today but have been delayed
until October 21st this year. As soon as this information is
available it will be posted on our web site.
Forever associated with Nelson's last battle, H.M.S. Victory
is one of the most famous ships of all time, and is now
preserved as a major part of the Royal Naval Museum in
Portsmouth. The ship's survival is particularly appropriate
since Victory is not only an example of the ultimate sailing
warship ~ the three decker First Rate ~ but she was also the
most popular and successful 100-Gun ship of the period.
Forty years old by the time of Trafalgar (1805), she had
been the flagship of half a dozen Admirals, and was to
continue in active service until 1812.
This was not the first ship of the Royal Navy to bear the
name Victory, there were in fact four predecessors:
1. The first Victory was built in 1559. In 1586, she was
rebuilt to 800 tons and carried 34 guns with a crew of 750.
At the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, she was the
flagship of Sir John Hawkins.
2. Phineas Pett designed the second Victory. She was built
at Deptford and launched in 1620. Rebuilt in 1666 to 1029
tons and carried 42 guns and a crew of 500.
3. The Royal James of 1675 was renamed the third Victory in
1691. She was rebuilt in 1695 to 1486 tons and carried 100
guns and a crew of 754.
4. The fourth Victory suffered a tragic fate. Launched in
1737, she was of 1920 tons, carried 100 guns and had a crew
of 900. She was lost during a gale while off the Casquets in
October 1744. Her whole crew perished with her ~ this
tragedy caused the name Victory to be deleted, temporarily,
from the Admiralty's list of ship names.
This, the fifth Victory, was one of twelve ships ordered by
the Navy Board on June 6th 1759 ~ more than 40 years before
the battle of Trafalgar for which she is famed. Designed by
Sir Thomas Slade, construction began at Chatham Dockyard on
July 23rd 1759, the 'marvelous year' (Annus Mirabilis).
This, the year of victories, marked the turning point of the
'seven years war' for Britain. These facts may well have
played a significant part in the naming of the vessel and
the name Victory being restored to the Admiralty list of
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£660.00 |
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H.M.S. Agamemnon
H.M.S. Agamemnon, a 64 gun ship of the line, was designed by the famous Naval Architect Sir Thomas Slade. Sir Thomas also drafted the plans for H.M.S. Victory. Built by Henry Adams at Bucklers Hard she was launched in 1781 after four years of building. Agamemnon became one of the most famous vessels of the Royal Navy. Nelson, who referred to her as his favourite ship, commanded her between 1793 and 1796. It was in Agamemnon that Nelson lost the sight of his right eye during the siege of Calvi in 1794. He also met Lady Hamilton while on a diplomatic visit to Naples in 1793. Agamemnon was at the centre of events through three of the most turbulent decades of British Naval history. Fighting battles at Saints, Copenhagen and Trafalgar. She later served in the West Indies participating in the battle of Santo Domingo, and then in South American waters, until she was wrecked in Maldonado Bay off the coast of Uruguay in 1809. Divers are now excavating the wreck after her recent discovery.
Kit contains Double plank on frame hull, Brass cannons, four sheets of detailed brass etched parts. CNC cut Walnut and Ply components. Black and Natural rigging hemp. Fully detailed full size plans and a comprehensive construction manuall
Scale1:64 Length 1300mm x Beam 490mm Hieght945mm | £565.00 |
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HMS Diana 1794
HMS Diana, the second built in the Artois class was designed by Sir John Henslow. She was built by Randall & Brent of Rotherhithe, one of the largest merchant builders in the country. After eleven months building the hull, Diana was launched on the 3rd of March 1794. She ws then towed to the Royal Dockyard at Deptford where she was fitted out. This included masts, rigging, anchors, coppering of her bottom, ordnance and stores. On the 12th of June 1794 Diana was ready to receive her full crew and spent the next 6 1/2 weeks working up at the Nor. The total cost of building and fitting out the Diana was £23,000. Diana had a very long and active career in which most of her time was spent in patrol, convoy and blockade duties. The highlight of her career was in August 1795 when on patrol duty accompanied by her sister ship Seahorse and the frigate Unicorn, they captured the Dutch East Indiaman Cromhout, another merchant ship and her escort. From the Cromhout alone the ship shared nearly £47,000 prize money. On the 30th of May 1814 Britain and France signed a peace treaty. On the 7th of March 1815 after a large repair and re-coppering Diana was sold to the Dutch Navy for £36,796. On the 27th August 1816 Diana was one of 6 Frigates in the Dutch squadron that combined with the British fleet under Sir Edward Pellow (Lord Exmouth), himself a distinguished Frigate captain, and took part in the famous bombardment of Algiers. On the 16th of January 1839, after an incredible 45 year service, Diana was accidentally destroyed by fire in dry-dock at Willemsoord. The model kit of Diana is depicted not as built, but after her first refit at Portsmouth in June 1796 where she was given solid quarter deck bulwarks, carronades to replace the 9lb carriage guns and a dolphin striker on the bowsprit. Diana measured 173ft from figurehead to stern, her breadth was 39ft 3 1/2 and was almost 1000 tons burthen. Main armament was twenty eight 18lb carriage guns on the gun deck, with secondary armament consisting of ten 9lb guns on the top deck along with eight 32lb carronades. There is no doubt that this configuration constantly changed throughout her career and at the end of her time in the British Navy she had fourteen carronades on her top deck.
Kit Contains Walnut CNC cut parts double plank on frame hull black and natural hemp .Full size planes and comprehensive instruction book. brass 18 and 9 pounder guns, and 2300 scale copper plates.
Scale1:64 Length1180mm Height 838mm Width 178mm | £395.00 |
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HMS Cruiser 1797,
The Cruiser kit has been designed with the novice / intermediate builder in mind and has an estimated building time of around three months of evening work. The Cruiser class were brig rigged sloops and were the most numerous class of warships built in the age of sail. One hundred and three built in all from the Cruiser in 1797, to the Zebra in 1815. The Cruiser class played a very active roll in the Napoleonic wars, from escort duty, reconnaissance and enemy convoy and inshore raiding. As originally built Cruiser had eighteen 6 pounder carriage guns but the ordnance was soon to change to sixteen 32 pounder carronades and two 6 pounder carriage guns. Class dimensions were: Length 100; Breadth 306; Displacement 382 tons with a crew of 121.
Scale1:64 Length 850mm x Beam 310mm height 610mm | £175.95 |
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HMS Snake 1797,
The Snake kit has been designed with the novice / intermediate builder in mind and is ideal as a first or second model for the introduction to plank on frame building. The Snake class were ship rigged sloops. This class was very business like with a flush deck and nine cannons or carronades each side, they were very fast and seaworthy. As originally built Snake had a full ordinance of 32 pounder carronades. Carronades replaced the carriage guns because at close quaters the short range carronades proved devastating to their opponents. Class dimensions were: length 100; breadth 306; displacement 382 tons with a crew of 121.Kit includes: 18 cast carronade; double plank on frame hull; walnut CNC parts; 900 copper plates; black and natural hemp for rigging; full size plans and comprehensive instruction book.
Scale 1:64 Length 850mm x Beam 310mm height 610mm | £175.95 |
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Mary Rose,
The Mary Rose kit has been designed with
the full co-operation of the Mary Rose Trust, making the kit
the only model based on the most up to date research and
information. The kit is, therefore, the most accurate of its
type on a Tudor Warship.
CNC cut bulkheads and keel from
birch ply; Kit components CNC cut in walnut and walnut ply;
Double plank on frame construction in lime and walnut;
Tanganijka deck planking; Rigging thread and all rigging
blocks; Brass etched and white metal cast fittings; 8 sheets
of full size plans; Comprehensive construction manual,
including The history of the Mary Rose by David Vine BSC.
curator of the Mary Rose Museum.
Faced with the ever
present threat of the French Navy, as well as a strong,
potentially hostile, Scottish fleet, Henry VIII embarked on
a programme of naval building, including the Mary Rose and
the Peter Pomegranate. From a technological point of view,
these ships were a radical departure from those of his
father (Henry VII). They were carvel rather than clinker
built and equipped with heavy guns mounted near the
waterline. The introduction of the carvel hull also
facilitated the construction of watertight gun-ports. The
Mary Rose is believed to have been named after the King's
favourite sister, Mary, and the Tudor emblem, the Rose. The
Mary Rose is thought to have been constructed in 1510 at
Portsmouth but, while the loss of the Mary Rose is well
documented, the construction of the ship is not. There are
however a few documents that provide important clues as to
where and when she was built.
1) There is a warrant to
John Dawtry, dated 29/1/1510, authorising £700 to be spent
on materials for the construction of two ships, one of 400
and the other of 300 tons. Although neither ship is
mentioned by name, they have been assumed to be the Mary
Rose and the Peter Pomegranate respectively. These are also
the only two large new ships recorded as being built in
1510. Since other records indicate that these two ships were
constructed either simultaneously or very nearly so, it
would appear likely that these are the ships in question.
2) The case for the ship being built in Portsmouth relies on
several documents in the State Papers. In 1510, money was
sent to Brygandine for the repair of the Sovereign in
Portsmouth dock and the making of the Regent. Money was also
paid to him for the 'same' for the Mary Rose and the Peter
Pomegranate, two new barks and two new rowbarges, during a
period from 29/7/1510 to 20/9/1511. A further letter sent by
Brygandine to Palshide concerns money received for the 'new
making' of the Mary Rose and the Peter Pomegranate. While
not directly stating that these two ships were built in
Portsmouth, the coupling of the repair of the Sovereign in
Portsmouth with the 'new making' of the Mary Rose is rather
suggestive. Also, perhaps the strongest evidence for the
Mary Rose being built in Portsmouth comes from John Duance's
Accounts, produced in 1514. In these, there is a payment of
£120 to Richard Brygandine for conveying the Mary Rose and
Peter Pomegranate from Portsmouth to the Thames.
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are also a number of possible explanations for the sinking
of the Mary Rose in the Solent on the 19th July 1545 but it
is believed that the ship began to heel as soon as the sails
were raised - either due to bad seamanship or poor
ballasting - and water entered the ship through her lower
gun ports, still open after firing. The Mary Rose lay on her
starboard side at an angle of approximately 60 degrees. She
had sunk through the soft upper sediments and had come to
rest on the clay below. The hull acted as a silt trap for
the Solent currents, and the surviving portion of the hull
filled rapidly, leaving the port side to be eroded by marine
organisms and mechanical degradation. Because of the way the
ship sank, nearly the whole starboard side survived intact,
excluding the bow and a portion of the after castle.
Internally between half and one third of the orlop, main and
upper decks, along with a fragment of the castle deck were
intact, as were ancillary structures such as the
companionways, stanchions and cabin partitioning. During the
17th and 18th centuries the entire site was covered with a
layer of hard grey shelly clay, which minimised further
erosion.
Scale 1:80 Length
735mm x Beam 255mm height
520mm |
£217.95 |
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H.M Brig Supply
Launched in 1759 as a Deptford yard transport .1759 she
was converted into an armed tender .She latter wrote
herself into history by arriving ahead of the convict
fleet in Australian waters .Also first to sail into Port
Jackson. She is now known as the ship that founded
Australia. Walnut CNC cut parts double plank on
frame hull black and natural hemp .Full size planes and
comprehensive instruction book. 1/64th
Scale1:64
Length 675mm Height
520mm Beam 250mm. |
£117.50 |
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H.M.BARK Endeavour.
Made famous by Captain James
Cook Her first voyage for Cook was in 1768 originally
she was a collier she was chosen because of her strong
construction .She was purchased by the Admiralty and
converted to an exploration ship at Deptford.
Kit includes: CNC cut ply and walnut components
throughout; double planking in lime and walnut; etched
brass and turned brass fittings; cast decoration;
rigging in black and natural; a set of four plank on
frame ships boats; full set of detailed construction
plans and instructions.
Scale1:64
Length 725mm
Height 590mm
Beam 275mm. |
£199.45 |
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H.M.A.V. Bounty
Started in 1783 and purchased by the admiralty
in1787.
She was converted into a Naval transport for
the transportation of breadfruit from the West
Indies. Made famous by Captain Bligh and Fletcher
Christian whom mutinied along with some the crew where
they sailed to Pitcairn Island .There she was striped
down and burned where she still lays at the bottom of
Bounty Bay.
The kit contains CNC cut ply double
planking in lime and Walnut along with photo etched
brass parts, turned brass fittings cast decoration, Even
plank on frame ships boats, Plus a full set of plans
Scale1:64 Length 660mm Height 540mm Beam245mm |
£149.95 |
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H.M.Cutter Sherbourne,
An ideal kit for a Beginner
Cutters evolved during the second quarter of the
Eighteenth Century in Southeast England as swift channel
vessels. They soon gained a deserved reputation for
their speed, which was not unnoticed by smugglers who
soon adopted the Cutter as their preferred smuggling
craft. In turn, Cutters were employed by the British
Customs Service to counter the smugglers. Cutters
carried a large disproportional area of sail for their
size and also served as advice yachts, packet boats and,
during wartime, privateers.
The Sherbourne was built
as a revenue vessel for the Customs Service. She was
designed by Sir Thomas Slade, the designer of the famous
Victory and was built and launched in 1763. After over
20 years of service, Sherbourne was sold in 1784 ~ a
remarkably long career for such a small vessel.
Sherbourne was 54' 6" long, 19' wide and had a draught
of 8' 11". She carried a compliment of 30 men and was 85
tonnes. Armament consisted of 8 x 3 pounder carriage
guns and 10 swivel guns.
Kit
Includes 8 3pdr Guns; 10
swivel guns; Walnut CNC cut parts; Double plank on
bulkhead hull; Black & natural hemp for rigging; Full
size plans and comprehensive instruction manual making
this an ideal introduction to plank on bulkhead
modelling.
Scale1:64 Length 500mm Height
485mm Beam200mm |
£59.99 |
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H.M.S. Jalouse
The French brig sloop La Jalouse was launched in Dunkirk
in 1794. She is a typical large French brig used for
convoy, raiding and escort duty. She was taken by the
British vessel Vestal on 13th May 1797 and re-named
Jalouse. She was then fitted out for duties in the Royal
Navy. The only features that distinguished her as being
of French origin were the 90° angle to the keel of the
rudder post and the tops and crosstrees and
trestletrees. After ten years in British service, she
was broken up in 1807. Jalouse had a compliment of 121
officers and men. She carried 18 x 6 pounder guns,
although the armament may well have been replaced by 18
x 32 pounder carronades sometime after her capture.
Kit Includes
18 Brass 6pdr Guns; Walnut CNC cut parts; Double Plank
on Frame Hull; Black and Natural hemp for rigging; Full
size plans and comprehensive instruction manual
Scale1:64 Length 815mm Height
600mm Beam310mm |
£185.99 |
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H.M.S Mars
Mars was built in Holland in the late 1770's and
commissioned as a Dutch Privateer. She was built with
unusually sleek lines and as such she was one of the
fastest vessels afloat at the time. She was, however,
taken by the 38 gun heavy frigate Artois on 3rd December
1781. Her captor reported that the Mars '
to be quite
new and the completest Privateer he ever saw.' Mars was
heavily armed for her size.
As originally built, she
had 18 x 9 pounder cannon and 12 swivel guns. This was
changed in 1792 to 18 x 6 pounder and 10 swivel guns,
which is also the kit configuration. After she was
captured, she was fitted out for Royal Navy Service,
presumably for escort and convoy duty. She must have
been well liked as she served in the Royal Navy for 18
years after her capture. She was lost on 5th December
1799, when she foundered in a hurricane in the Indian
Ocean.
Scale1:64 Length 790mm Height
590mm Beam310mm |
£169.95 |
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HM Mortar Vessel Convulsion
Is a ketch rigged
mortar boat.
She was built in 1804 at Rotherhithe and
commissioned for shore bombardment duties. She was over
60ft long and had a displacement of 76 tonnes. She was
armed with one 10 inch mortar and four 18 pounder
carronades.
The kit contains
10" Mortar; Four 18pdr carronades; Walnut CNC cut parts;
Double plank on bulkhead construction; Black & natural
hemp for rigging.
Full size plans along with a
comprehensive instruction booklet make this attractive
and unusual vessel ideal as an introduction to plank on
bulkhead modelling.
Scale1:64 Length 600mm Height440
mm Beam200mm |
£75.95 |
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HM Yacht Chatham
H.M. Chatham Yacht was launched in Chatham dockyard in
1741, for use as a pleasure craft for the more affluent
members of Georgian society.
Yachts were of Dutch
origin and came to Denmark and Sweden as pleasure craft.
They were introduced in Britain in 1660 when Charles II,
on his return to England was presented the Yacht Mary.
In the early days, the yacht was thought of as a
pleasure and transport craft only. However, they these
vessels found their way back into the merchant service
as well as serving very successfully as fleet
reconnaissance vessels. Also, as these vessels were very
fast sailor, yachts were commissioned as despatch
vessels or packet yachts.
Chatham yacht was rebuilt
in 1794, again at Chatham dockyard and was not broken up
until 1867, after a very long life.
This kit depicts
H.M. Yacht Chatham as she was after this rebuild (1794).
The kit contains All necessary cast decoration;
Walnut CNC cut parts; Double plank on bulkhead
construction; Black & natural hemp for rigging; Photo
etch brass detail, including window frames.
Full size
plans and comprehensive building instructions aid to
make a highly attractive model which wouldn't look out
of place in anyone's home
Scale1:64 Length 530mm Height470
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£66.45 |
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HM Schooner Ballahoo
Ballahoo was the named schooner of its class of 'Fish'
Class Schooners built in Bermuda, of which 17 were built
to the same design. Ballahoo
was ordered in 1803 and launched in 1804. She was
commissioned as an armed dispatch schooner.
She was 55.4 feet long and displaced 71 tonnes. With a
compliment of 20 men Ballahoo was armed with four 12
pounder carronades.
Four 12 pdr carronades; Walnut
CNC cut parts; Double plank on bulkhead construction;
Black & natural hemp for rigging. Full size plans and
comprehensive instruction manual, making this kit the
ideal introduction to plank on bulkhead modelling.
Scale1:64 Length 520mm Height320
mm Beam90mm |
£47.50 |
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Granado
Twelve bomb vessels, including Granado
(the sixth), were built at the outbreak of the War of
Jenkins's Ear in 1739.
Granado was ordered on
September 14th 1741 and the keel was laid on November
18th 1741. Although it is uncertain who designed the
Granado, it is commonly attributed to Thomas Slade, the
naval Surveyor who oversaw the construction of the ship
at Ipswich. Thomas Slade also went on to design famous
ships such as H.M.S. Victory.
Granado was unusual in
that she was designed to be used as either a sloop or a
bomb vessel, being constructed with a conventional
square stern.
Launched on June 22nd 1742, Granado was
taken to Harwich, fitted out and put in commission as a
sloop.
An Admiralty Order on July 15th 1745 was
issued 'to fit her (Granado) as a bomb' but this order
was reversed on July 17th 1745 and Granado remained as a
sloop. It was not until 1756 that Granado was fitted for
the first time as a bomb vessel from an Admiralty Order
on July 26th 1756.
Between the launch of Granado on
June 22nd 1742 and her fitting as a bomb vessel July
26th 1756 a number of changes had been made to Granado's
configuration as compared to the original Admiralty
plans the most noticeable of these are as follows:
1. Two extra 4pdr carriage guns were added (Admiralty
order of June 20th 1745) bringing the total 4pdr
carriage guns to 10.
2. Two bow chaser gun ports were
added allowing accommodation of the extra guns either
under the forecastle as bow chasers or at the fifth gun
ports.
3. The mortars as shown in the Admiralty plans
are two 13 inch mortars however when fitted as a bomb
vessel this was actually changed to 1 x 13inch and 1 x
10inch mortar. This is confirmed by the provisions list
on March 30th 1757 which details 50 large and 50 small
shells.
Granado remained as a bomb vessel until
the Admiralty Order to fit her as a sloop on March 20th
1760. It was during this period as a bomb vessel that
Granado was involved in her most active role.
On
January 22nd 1759 Granado and the squadron under command
of Commodore John Moore anchored off Basse Terre. The
following morning the citadel and batteries of Basse
Terre were bombarded. By January 24th troops had
occupied the forts of Basse Terre and Fort Royal, the
town had been devastated by fire caused by the carcasses
discharged from the bomb vessels.
On February 7th,
the fleet moved to attack Fort Louis at the entrance to
Cul de Sac Bay. The attack began the following day and
by February 15 the bombardment ceased with the capture
of the Fort.
Granado was again converted to a
bomb vessel in August 1761 and she remained as such
until she was sold on August 30th 1763 for £575. During
this period Granado was involved in the action of
capturing Morro Castle and El Morro in the West Indies
and the capitulation of Havana on August 13th 1762 |
£179.95 |
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