{"product_id":"hms-warrior-1-100","title":"HMS Warrior 1:100","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilling Boats (B512) HMS Warrior Warship - Model Boat \u0026amp; Fittings \u003cbr\u003eis a scale model warship. Warrior was designed and built in response to \u003cbr\u003ean aggressive French shipbuilding program which saw the introduction of \u003cbr\u003ethe first iron-clad warship La Gloire designed by the brilliant naval \u003cbr\u003earchitect Stanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de Lome. Determined to see off \u003cbr\u003ethis challenge to the supremacy of the Royal Navy the then First Lord of\u003cbr\u003e the Admiralty, Sir John Somerset Pakington, determined to build a ship \u003cbr\u003eso superior in terms of quality, speed, size, armament and armour that \u003cbr\u003eit would be inconceivable to France that she could take Britain on in a \u003cbr\u003esea battle. When commissioned by Captain the Hon. Arthur Auckland \u003cbr\u003eLeopold Pedro Cochrane, on August 1st 1861, Warrior was the largest \u003cbr\u003ewarship in the world, at 9,210 tons displacement she was fully 60% \u003cbr\u003elarger than La Gloire. The ship underwent minor modifications after a \u003cbr\u003esea trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June 1862, she started active service in the Channel Squadron, \u003cbr\u003epatrolling coastal waters and sailing to Lisbon and Gibraltar. Having \u003cbr\u003eintroduced a revolution in naval architecture, by 1864 Warrior was \u003cbr\u003esuperseded by faster designs, with bigger guns and thicker armour. By \u003cbr\u003e1871 she was no longer regarded as the crack ship she had once been, and\u003cbr\u003e her roles were downgraded to Coastguard and reserve services. In May of\u003cbr\u003e 1883 her fore and main masts were found to be rotten, and not \u003cbr\u003econsidered worth the cost of repair, Warrior was placed in the reserve, \u003cbr\u003eeventually converted to a floating school for the Navy and re-named \u003cbr\u003eVernon III in 1904. Put up for sale as scrap in 1924, no buyer could be \u003cbr\u003efound, and so, in March 1929 she left Portsmouth to be taken to Pembroke\u003cbr\u003e Dock and converted into a floating oil pontoon, re-named again as Oil \u003cbr\u003eFuel Hulk C77. By 1978, she was the only surviving example of the 'Black\u003cbr\u003e Battlefleet' - the 45 iron hulls built for the Royal Navy between 1861 \u003cbr\u003eand 1877.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKit Contents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlan with detailed building instructions German, English, French, \u003cbr\u003eDanish, Italian and Dutch, wooden hull, decks from wood, plastic and \u003cbr\u003ewooden parts to finish the model, stern tube with shaft and propeller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFittings Contents:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll fittings included (e.g. position lights, anchors, life-belt, etc.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpecification:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLength 1470 mm.\u003cbr\u003eWidth 390 mm.\u003cbr\u003eHeight 675 mm.\u003cbr\u003eScale 1:100.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Billing Boats","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57793318748544,"sku":"B512","price":635.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/BBB512.jpg?v=1775201235","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/hms-warrior-1-100","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}