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HMS INDEFATIGABLE model

If you are searching for a model of the WWI battlecruiser, click here: HMS INDEFATIGALBE.

HMS Indefatigable was a powerful frigate, originally built in 1784. This famous ship is always associated with Captain Sir Edward Pellew who, many years later, became an admiral and was raised to the peerage as Lord Exmouth.



Pellew took command of the HMS Indefatigable in 1795. At that time he was the most distinguished frigate captain in the Navy. Indefatigable's most famous battle was the fierce engagement against the French Les Droits de l'Homme, a 74-gun ship of the line. The battle ended with Droits de l'Homme being driven onto shore in a gale, all but 200 of her crew of 1,300 being killed. Despite also being embayed and having damaged mast and rigging, HMS Indefatigable was able to repair the damage and beat off the lee shore, showing excellent seamanship.



In October 1804, HMS Indefatigable, commanded by Graham Moore, with three other frigates intercepted a Spanish treasure fleet carrying bullion from the Caribbean back to Spain. Moore required the Spaniards to change their course and sail for England. The senior Spanish officer refused and a short fight ensued, during which one of the Spanish ships blew up. The remainder surrendered and were escorted to Plymouth. The value of the treasure was over a billion in today's value.

HMS Indefatigable was selected by C. S. Forester as the ship on which his fictional hero Horatio Hornblower spent most of his time as a midshipman in the novel Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. The Spanish flotilla incident is the one referred to by Forester in the novel Hornblower and the Hotspur, although it would be expected for much more to have been made of the matter bearing in mind Hornblower's early career with the ship. This incident also is also fictionalized in Post Captain, the second of the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian in which Captain Aubrey is in temporary command of HMS Lively. HMS Indefatigable is also mentioned in a novel by Alexander Kent.

About the construction of the HMS Indefatigable model:

- Built from scratch 
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Plank-on-frame construction
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Copper-plated bottom: individual copper pieces that were weathered unevenly to create a realistic look (no  paint, no fake lines.)
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Blackened metal cannons and wooden carriage.  Under the main deck, all guns are "real" guns which have proper barrels and wooden carriages which sit on 2 real decks under the main deck. These guns are not simple barrels inserted into a solid hull like in cheap models.
- Authentic extensive rigging system comprised of many different sizes of rope and features numerous blocks and deadeyes

The pictures above show our fourth generation model. Your pre-ordered model will be of our current fifth-generation tall ship standard. Click for sample model.

39" long x 32" tall  $4,950  Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $500 flat rate.

27" long x 25" tall  $3,925 Shipping and insurance in the contiguous US included. Other places: $300 flat rate.

Illuminate the model in a special occasion, dimly lit room: $300. Powered by a standard 9v battery hidden under the base for your convenience.  

Model is built per commission only. We require only a small deposit (not full amount, not even half) to start the process. Click on this link for lead time.
 

Don't be fooled by some model makers out there who freely claim their models "museum grade" or even "true museum quality. Their ships are wrong on many counts. The hull is horrible. Some parts are oversized yet others undersized. Plenty are wrong; many are missing.  Go here to learn more: what to look in a tall ship model.

ModelShipMaster.com produces the finest and most accurate tall ship model in the world. We do not attach a name to a ship's stern and say it is that ship. We never cut the bowsprit and masts short in order to save shipping cost. We refuse to paint copper color onto a wooden hull to make a false appearance of a copper plated bottom. Our guns under the main deck are 'real' and our boats are real wood, not plastic casting. Ask stephensandkenau.com to confirm those features and you'll be surprised they won't.