Navis Neptun 1/1250 1104B HMS Warspite British Battleship 1943
A second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of HMS Warspite in WW2 by Navis Neptun 1104B. This model is in very fine condition and new models are not available now.
The most famous and most active of the British battleships in WW2. She also has the distinction of scoring a hit on an enemy ship with her big guns at the longest recorded distance for naval gunfire.
From the second Battle of Narvik to the Walcheran landings, Warspite was in harms way! She was worn out at the end of WW2 and an early candidate for scrapping but she broke her tow enroute to the breakers and grounded in Prussia Cove, Mounts Bay. Partially dismantled there, the then the hulk was dragged into Mounts Bay near Marazion from where the steel scrap could be carted away.