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Revell: 1:450 Model Set HMS Victory
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HMS Victory is named after five ships in the history of the Royal Navy. The first was launched in 1559 and was the flagship of Sir John Hawkins' fleet, which in 1588 crushed the Spanish Great Armada and thus ended Spanish supremacy in the waters of the world. Another ship that bore the glorious name Victory was a vessel designed by Thomas Slade and launched on May 7, 1765. The armament of the new pride of England consisted of 104 guns: 32-pounders on the lower deck, 24-pounders in the middle, 12-pounders on the top and finally huge 64-pounders in the stern. The crew consisted of 850 sailors and officers. The battle path of HMS Victory was extremely colorful. In 1793, the ship participated in the operation to capture Toulon and a year later in operations in the Corsican region. Then, during the siege of Calvi, Captain Horace Nelson lost his eye. In 1797, under the command of Admiral John Jervis, HMS Victory participated in the famous Battle of Cape St. Vincent, although there the main role was played by HMS Capitan, commanded by none other than ... Horace Nelson, already in the rank of commander. HMS Victory experienced its day of glory on October 21, 1805 during one of the greatest naval engagements in history: the Battle of Trafalgar. The combined Spanish-French fleet was completely defeated thanks to the clever tactics of Horatio Nelson: of the 33 ships, 18 were captured, 4 escaped but were found and destroyed within two weeks, the remaining heavily damaged managed to take refuge in Cadiz. Thanks to the overwhelming victory of the English, Napoleon's dreams of conquering the sea were shattered. However, the victory was hard to pay off - Admiral Nelson was wounded during the clash by musket fire and, shortly before the end of the battle, died in his cabin in the stern of HMS Victory. The ship itself was completely renovated after the battle and remained in service until 1812. In 1824, HMS Victory became the honorary flagship of the Portsmouth Fleet and remains so to this day. In 1922, it was decided to thoroughly renovate the ship in Portsmouth docks, restoring it to its Battle of Trafalgar appearance, and then open it to the public. Today, thousands of tourists each year admire one of the most famous ships to ever sail the world's oceans.