Hobby Boss 86518 1/350 HMS Lord Clive Monitor Model Kit-Collectible Precision
Hobby Boss 86518 1/350 HMS Lord Clive Monitor Model Kit-Collectible Precision
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The Lord Clive was a monitor built during World War I for coastal attack purposes.
The bow of the ship, which had a low freeboard and a flush deck, was equipped with a twin BL 12-inch MkVIII turret borrowed from the Majestic-class battleships.
In 1918 she was refitted with two BL 18-inch MkI guns mounted on the aft deck.
The kit is precisely and accurately modeled.
Comes with metal chain and etched parts for anchor chain.
The bow of the ship, which had a low freeboard and a flush deck, was equipped with a twin BL 12-inch MkVIII turret borrowed from the Majestic-class battleships.
In 1918 she was refitted with two BL 18-inch MkI guns mounted on the aft deck.
The kit is precisely and accurately modeled.
Comes with metal chain and etched parts for anchor chain.
HMS Lord Clive is Britain's Lord Clive class Monitor first ship. She named according to the first Baron Robert Clive, the Seven Years' War in the British general who won the Battle of Plassey, becoming the British Viceroy of India. Her main gun was taken from a 12-inch front dreadnoughts MKVIII type gun. When the World War I in the English Channel she bombing German positions along the Belgian coast. Later, Lord Clive in 1918 installation a 18-inch single gun, this gun for the Royal Navy's longest range guns, but only fired four. But from the wartime performance, this design is superfluous, so the end of the war in 1927 Lord Clive were cut into small pieces for sale.
