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Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale

Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale

Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale
Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604. Open box, box is worn from storage but contents are complete and in excellent condition. In the mid 1800's, the Royal Navy began to equip its larger men-of-war with so-called steam barges or steam pinnaces. After experiments with a number of different types, 30, 40, 50 and 56 ft boats became most widely used. By the end of the century, the first motor pinnaces were ready for duty.

The 50 ft pinnace for'HMS Renown' dates from this period. As many as 4 of these boats we carried by man-of-war.

The boats had a small forepeak, a crew compartment, a boiler room and a cabin. Above the crews' quarters was a conical steel base with a permanent universal ring, on which a 3-lb quick-firing cannon or maxim machine gun could be mounted.


Billing Boats HMS Renown Wooden Model Boat Kit 604 135 Scale