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H.M.S.
Invincible"
Commissioned by R. Walker
1744-1758
74 Gun Ship
Scratch built
Includes full model and display case
47 1/2 inches Long x 36 inches High x 19 inches deep
Price $8900.00
| L'Invincible was
captured from the French at the battle of Cape Finnisterre on 3rd May in
the year of our Lord seventeen hundred & forty seven. She was there
escorting a massive convoy of merchant ships when the British channel
fleet of 13 warships sighted them and gave chase. L'Invincible almost
lived up to her name during the battle, for with an heroic act of self
sacrifice she stood her ground against at the rear of the merchant ships
in an attempt to give them chance of escape. She took the brunt of the
murderous British attack, and on her own took on six British warships.
Eventually with most of her crew dead and wounded she struck her colours.
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