18th century vessel armed with 58 guns Scale 1:40 Length 1100mm
Lateen rigged galleys like this one were the backbone of Louis XIV's Mediterranean fleet. She carried 8.000 square feet of sail and 427 oarsmen. Because of her low hull, water swamped her deck even in slight seas.
During the 17th century the King of Sweden commissioned his country's finest warship. On her maiden voyage in 1628 the Wasa was sunk, not by enemy cannon, but by a storm. In 1956 the Swedish government located and raised her.
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765. She is best known as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Scale 1:98 Length 1035mm
It was common practice for ship builders to submit models of a proposed ship for approval to the Admiralty Board. The models built for this purpose had no masts or rigging, making the deck space, furnishings and armament layout easy to visualize.
The Mirage was a first rate flagship, armed with 84 guns, in service with the French Navy during the reign of Louis XIV.
The Prins Willem was probably the largest square stern ship of the fleet of the Dutch East India Company. Fitted out at Middleburg in 1649-1650, she sailed with a crew of 254 plus 22 wives and children.
La Couronne was built in 1636. Cardinal Richelieu personally supervised her decoration and fitting out. Her ornamentation was designed and created by the most famous craftsmen of the day, and she was known as France's first Great Ship.
First built in the French shipyards in the 1730's, the 74 gun ship was an ideal compromise between power and maneuverability. The British Admiralty began construction of this type of vessel in 1755.Commissioned on December 28, 1757, the H.M.S. Bellona was launched on February 19th, 1760
75 gun ship of the British Navy in the 18th century. Scale 1:100 Length 770mm