Article number: 300077504
Product: 1:700 Brit. Nelson Battleship WL
The HMS Nelson was launched as the type ship of the Nelson class on
September 3, 1925, and was put into service in 1927. Like her sister
ship, the HMS Rodney, the Nelson had three triple 16-inch towers that
were placed in the well-protected front half of the ship. She was
temporarily the flagship of the Royal Navy and initially served mostly
together with her sister ship. During the Second World War, the Nelson
belonged to the Homefleet and was involved in the search for various
German warships. From 1941 she supported the Allied landings in North
Africa and later the landings in Sicily. When she supported the landing
in Normandy in the summer of 1944, she ran into two mines. After her
repair, she was deployed in the Pacific, then transferred to the reserve
and scrapped in 1949. The TAMIYA kit model impresses with its accuracy of fit and attention to detail.
