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A YELLOW AND BLACK PAINTED MODEL OF H.M.S. VICTORY
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A YELLOW AND BLACK PAINTED MODEL OF H.M.S. VICTORY

MID-20TH CENTURY

Closed28 April 2015

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GBP 1,250

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A YELLOW AND BLACK PAINTED MODEL OF H.M.S. VICTORY
MID-20TH CENTURY
Fully rigged and planked, mounted with flags and sails, copper finish to the hull, on a mahogany display stand with brass plaque engraved 'H.M.S. VICTORY 1759'
61 1/8 in. (155.2 cm.) high; 82 ½ in. (210 cm.) long, overall

Specialist note

HMS Victory, a 104 gun first rate ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1765 was the most famous of Lord Nelson’s flagships at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. She is also the oldest naval ship still in commission, now a museum ship and flagship of the First Sea Lord since October 2012.