HMS Victory Gift Set
[A50049]

The description below is taken from the Airfix catalogue this kit was first seen in. There is also extra information underneath the main catalogues description including the changes to the name of this kit in the catalogues.

HMS Victory is the only surviving warship that fought in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars. In the latter she served as Lord Nelson's flagship at the decisive Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, which she carried over 100 guns. Her career began some 40 years earlier. Ordered by the Navy Board on 6th June 1759 during the Seven Years War she was completed on 7th May 1765.