HMS Vanguard - Model
This beautifully-crafted 1:64 scale model of Britain's last battleship, HMS Vanguard, was made by the makers of the real ship, Messrs John Brown & Co. Ltd, and can be seen in the Science Museum in London.
Launched in November 1944 by then-Princess Elizabeth, the 42,500-ton ship had four shafts and a total of 130,000 shp installed power, generating a top speed of 28 kt and was commissioned in 1946. Due to the limitations of wartime construction, her main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns originally fitted to First World War battleships which were converted to aircraft carriers in the 1920s and their guns stored for future use.
Her secondary armament, which consisted of 16 5.25-inch guns in eight twin turrets, and a combined total of a further 71 anti-aircraft guns of smaller calibre, was the heaviest such armament fitted on a British battleship.
Sadly, her career lasted just 14 years, as she was sent to the scrapyard in August 1960.
HMS Vanguard - Model
This beautifully-crafted 1:64 scale model of Britain's last battleship, HMS Vanguard, was made by the makers of the real ship, Messrs John Brown & Co. Ltd, and can be seen in the Science Museum in London.
Launched in November 1944 by then-Princess Elizabeth, the 42,500-ton ship had four shafts and a total of 130,000 shp installed power, generating a top speed of 28 kt and was commissioned in 1946. Due to the limitations of wartime construction, her main armament consisted of eight 15-inch guns originally fitted to First World War battleships which were converted to aircraft carriers in the 1920s and their guns stored for future use.
Her secondary armament, which consisted of 16 5.25-inch guns in eight twin turrets, and a combined total of a further 71 anti-aircraft guns of smaller calibre, was the heaviest such armament fitted on a British battleship.
Sadly, her career lasted just 14 years, as she was sent to the scrapyard in August 1960.