1/350 86508 Hobby Boss HMS Lord Nelson Pre-Dreadnought Battleship
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: VG++
Highly detailed full-hull model with hundreds of pieces and four frets of photoetched brass parts. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes flag sheet and instructions. HMS Lord Nelson was laid down on May 18, 1905, launched in 1906 and completed in October of 1908. She was the Royal Navy's last pre-dreadnought although the HMS Dreadnought entered service before the Lord Nelson. Subsequently, the Lord Nelson was obsolete before completion, but that did not keep her from an active career. The ship was flagship of the Channel Fleet when the First World War began in 1914. Lord Nelson was transferred to the Mediterranean Sea in early 1915 to participate in the Dardanelles Campaign. She remained there, becoming flagship of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron, which was later redesignated the Aegean Squadron. After the Ottoman surrender in 1918 the ship moved to the Black Sea where she remained as flagship before returning to the United Kingdom in May 1919. Lord Nelson was placed into reserve upon her arrival and sold for scrap in June 1920.
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