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Mahogany wood base, real brass pedestals
and descriptive plate enhance this elegant historical model
Model shown is only
the small 25" size yet
has fine detailing including strip planking
All main gun turrets rotate
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Any Nelson Class battleship, custom |
Scale 1:350 / 25"
Price: $1599
1/3 deposit $533 |
Scale 1:280 / 31"
Price: $1980
1/3 deposit $660 |
Scale 1:240 / 36"
Price: $2250
1/3 deposit $750 |
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We'll contact you for preference details after ordering |
Prices include free world-wide shipping
Fully assembled museum quality wooden desk top display models custom built as to your designated circa
including flagging and personalized brass plate. |
Named after Vice Admiral Lord Nelson, the hero of
Trafalgar, "HMS Nelson"
- lead ship of a class of two ships - was built to designs that evolved out of the
negotiations at the Washington Naval Conference of 1921. Nelson
and her sister ship, "HMS Rodney" were the only British ships mounting 16-inch guns. The nine main guns
were in three triple turrets, all forward of the bridge tower, Medium armament was twelve 6-inch guns mounted in twin turrets
aft. Additionally there was a very large anti-aircraft arrangement making the Nelson Class the most heavily armed
British capital ships.
"HMS Rodney" was one of the British ships that caught the damaged
Bismarck and sank the German battleship - at point blank range - on May 27th, 1941.
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"HMS Rodney" specifications as built 1927 |
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Length
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710 feet |
| Beam |
106 feet |
| Draft |
30 feet |
| Displacement |
33,900 ton, 38,000
tons fully loaded |
| Power Plant |
geared turbines |
| Screws + SHP |
2 screws, 45,000 SHP total |
| Speed |
23 knots |
| Range |
7,000 miles at 16 knots |
| Complement |
1,330 to 1558 |
Armament
as built 1927 |
3 triple 16"; six twin
6"; six single 4.7";
48 2-pounders arranged in 6 pom-poms,
16 40mm arranged in 4 quads,
4 3-pounder singles 'saluting guns';
two submerged 24.5" torpedo tubes.
NOTE: Armament changed continuously from start total of 97
guns to end total of 156 guns (all changes were to
AA). |
| Aircraft |
None; later fitted with 1 catapult
and 2 aircraft; removed again later still |
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Nelson Class Battleships |
| Ship |
Com. |
Fate |
HMS
Nelson |
1925 |
Flagship 1927-41, Malta convoys 1941-2, North Africa 1942-3, Sicily 1943, Salerno &
Mediterranean 1943, Normandy 1944, scrapped 1948. |
HMS
Rodney |
1927 |
Helped sink Bismarck 1941, North
Africa 1942, Sicily 1943, D-Day and Flagship at Scapa Flow 1944, scrapped 1948. |
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