"Victory model acquired by designer’s descendant" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Apr 2020 11:11 p.m. PST |
"A cross-section model of HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson's valiant flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, has been acquired by a descendant of the man who originally designed the warship. Sir Benjamin Slade, 7th Baronet, bought the model at auction on January 8th for £450.00 GBP (plus buyers premium) and took it home to Maunsel House, the family estate in Bridgwater, Somerset, where it joins two other models of Victory on display there. Thomas Slade, Surveyor of the Navy, designed HMS Victory in 1759. The hull was completed in 1760 but the ship wasn't launched until 1765, giving the wood of its hull years to season when usually ships only got a few months. That may have played a role in its longevity. Victory is the most successful first-rate ship of the line ever built. Slade died in 1771, decades before the ship he'd designed would rise to international fame at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805…"
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| David Taylor | 28 Apr 2020 6:23 a.m. PST |
It's a lovely model, but the flag is upside down. |
| Tango01 | 28 Apr 2020 12:48 p.m. PST |
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