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Heavy galleon «Revenge» (1577g) 1:75

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Galleon "Revenge" (England), built in 1577. This ship has 4 ordinary mast and one bow tip - bush rig, it has three decks and a number of deck superstructures. Quite significant amount of weapons - 40 deck guns and artistic decorations on the nose and feed. The shape of the hull and the bend of the keel, along with the polished sails, provided the boat with greater speed and better maneuverability than the other vehicles of the end of the Middle Ages. On this ship, Francis Drake won the battle with the Spanish invincible armada in the Graveline battle. This naval battle took place on July 27, 1588, between the British and the Spanish Navy to the north of Gravelin. Defeated 130 ships of the Spanish invincible armada. In the summer of 1591, part of the Revenge squadron, he was in a patrol near the Azores, waiting for Spanish ships returning from America. On August 31, 53 Spanish ships headed by Alonso de Bazana approached the islands. Near the island of Corvo, a galleon under the command of Sir Richard Grenville came out in a fight against more than 50 sailors, from which 20 of them has fought. With a predominance of 50 to 1. 15 hours of unequal battle, the British destroyed several ships and more than 400 crew members. In the morning of September 1, Revenge drifted without sails, flooded holds, at least 10% of 250 people of the crew people weren’t injured. But the Spaniards were not able to get the ship as a trophy, two days later during the towing, a storm threw it on a rock near the island of Terseiri along with a team of Spaniards. Technical characteristics of the heavy galleon "Revenge". The total length is 41.75 m. The length of the keel is 37.18 m. The length of the waterline is 34.88 m. The width is 10.97 m. The sediment is 1.83 m. The height of the board is 5.48 m. The displacement - 855 tons. Weapons - 46 guns. Scale model 1:75.

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1:75 Heavy galleon Revenge (1577 g) England

1:75 Heavy Galleon Revenge (1577g) England

1:75 Heavy galleon Revenge (1577g) England