The world’s most famous warship HMS Victory is a first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy with 104 guns and 850 men when at full capacity. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. Victory was best known for her role as Lord Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805. In 1922, she was moved to a dry dock at Portsmouth, England, and preserved as a museum ship. She has been the flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012 and is the world’s oldest naval ship still in commission.

HMS Victory’s general characteristics:

• • Class and type: 104-gun first-rate ship of the line
  • Displacement:   3,500 tons
  • Tons burthen:    2,142 bm
  • Length:             227 ft 6 in (69.34 m) (overall)
  • Beam:               51 ft 10 in (15.80 m)
  • Draught:           28 ft 9 in (8.76 m)
  • Depth of hold:   21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
  • Propulsion:        Sails—6,510 sq yd (5,440 m²)
  • Sail plan:          Full-rigged ship
  • Speed:              up to 11 knots (20 km/h)

MORE DETAILS:

This ENORMOUS, one-of-a-kind, 10 foot long museum-grade HMS Victory model required more than 3000 working hours of master craftsmen to build.  Nothing but the finest, most carefully select woods and other materials, along with historical photographs, drawings or original plans were used to meticulously handcraft this highly detailed ship from scratch. The ship is 100% hand built individually using plank-on-frame construction method and are similar to the building of actual ships.

The model includes so many details... In addition to those noted above, this model's details include, but is not limited to:

• It features plank on frame
• Three decks including interior details and lighting
• Three ferocious rows of scale metal cannons on each side of the ship.
• The front bowsprit and three large masts are connected securely using advanced rigging and lines painstakingly knotted and fastened by hand.
• Each yard contain attached, hand-stitched, rolled-up sails, made of fine linen.
• Metal anchors and other hardware throughout.
• Wooden rudder
• Main deck and sides contain authentic hand-built lifeboats with ribs and planks
• Numerous stationed metal cannons
• Metal steering wheels
• Wooden crane
• Captain’s dining and sleeping cabin with interior details
• Numerous handcrafted ornaments and historic details
• Exquisitely detailed admiral’s quarter on the stern with beautiful metal lanterns lighted
• ~400 handcrafted, die-cast, metal, hand-painted figures throughout the ship.