HMS Victory stands second to none in the hearts of British seamen.

227 feet long, Victory was a first-class Ship of the Line, a vessel equivalent to a WWII battleship, with 5 decks. It was the first that had three gun decks.  She took six years to build and was launched in 1765 with a complement of 850 sailors.                                                                                                      

Victory’s construction took 6,000 oak trees.  This equates to 100 acres of woodland. Hull thickness at waterline is 2 ft.  She cost 63,176 British pounds to build—an equivalent to the cost today of an aircraft carrier. 

HMS Victory was essential to Britain's continued superiority on the high seas during the Napoleonic Wars. She was the legendary flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson against France and Spain in the famous Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.  In the battle, she exchanged gunfire side by side with France’s flagship Redoutable and finally captured it.  It was this naval battle that changed the course of Napoleonic Europe. Britain would rule the seas uncontested for a century.

HMS Victory is now restored and resting in dry dock at Portsmouth, England.

This massive HMS Victory masterpiece features:

• Scratch-built

• Double plank-on-frame

• All parts are wooden or metal

• Masterly painted

• Realistic old-looking thin sails

• Copper-plated bottom: individual copper pieces that were weathered unevenly to create a realistic look

• Extremely fine deck details.  Doors can be manually opened and closed

• Full number of boats 

• Extreme and perfect rigging

• Exact beautiful stern gallery that no other models can match

• Wooden base

• 110 v cord can be disconnected from the base.

64" long x 45" tall. Last one. Discontinued model. Craftsman's retired. $3,400  $2,900    

Display case: https://www.modelshipmaster.com/products/accessory/displaycase.htm

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