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<h3>A Highly Decorated Destroyer</h3> <p>USS Fletcher (DD-445) was the lead ship of her namesake class of destroyers, of which 175 were built during WWII, and she went on to a long and distinguished service career. Her balanced form as well as details such as her 5-inch DP gun turrets, quintuple torpedo launchers, twin 20mm anti-aircraft guns, and depth charge launchers have been accurately reproduced in this stunning model kit. The gun barrels, gun turrets, and torpedo launchers are all movable to enable dynamic posing. A display stand with name plate is also included.</p>

<p>A 'Cutty Sark' is a short chemise. It comes from a poem by Robbie Burns, Tam O'Shanter, when Tam, a young lad sees some witches dancing in the wood, one whom is wearing a very revealing Cutty Sark. The Cutty Sark, built in Dumbarton is the best known of all the clippers and in her hey-day was the fastest of them all. She could carry 32000 square feet of sail giving her a maximum speed of over 17 knots.</p> <p>Employed in the tea trade, she was used to speed the new season's crop from China to London where the crews hoped to gain the prestige of being the first back. Since 1957 she has been in dry dock in Greenwich, London, attracting visitors from around the world. This much loved ship was almost destroyed in a major fire on 21st May 2007; it's hoped she can be fully restored.</p>

<p>Charles W. Morgan is an American sailing whaling vessel that was launched in 1841 and performed its functions until 1920. It is worth adding, however, that the ship made its last voyage in November 1941! At the time of launching, the unit was approx. 34 m long, approx. 8.4 m wide and with a draft of approx. 4.2 m. The displacement reached approx. 350 tons. Charles W. Morgan was designed and built at the Jetrho ana Zacaharian Hillman shipyard in the city New Bedford, Massachusetts. It is worth adding that the city was famous in the nineteenth century for its whaling traditions and was a kind of "capital" of American whaling at that time. It is therefore not surprising that this is where, first of all, specialized shipyards for the manufacture of cetacean vessels were established. Ship Charles W. Morgan has made 37 voyages in the course of his long career. It was converted into a museum ship in the 1940s and is now the only surviving 19th century American whaling ship. In 1966, the ship was renamed National Historic Landmark.</p> <p>This high quality plastic kit is a to scale model that will require assembly and may require additional tools, sold separately.</p>

<p>HMS Pennywort (K111) was a British corvette from the Second World War. The keel for this unit was laid in March 1941, the launch took place in October of the same year, and entry into service took place in 1942. The total length of the ship was 62.5 meters and a width of 10.1 meters. Full displacement reached approx. 950 tons, and maximum speed - approx. 16 knots. The ship's armament included: a single 102 mm cannon, two 7.7 mm Vickers machine guns, two depth charge dumps and two depth charge launchers.</p> <p>HMS Pennywort (K111) was one of the Flower class gunboats. The ships of this type were designed as units intended primarily for the protection of Allied Atlantic convoys, and their main task was ZOP (anti-submarine combat) activities. Their design was simplified as much as possible, as it was supposed to be suitable for mass production of units even in small shipyards, without adequate experience. Units of this type had an archaic, for the years of World War II, but simple to build, a power plant based on a reciprocating steam engine, and not - which was rather standard then - a steam turbine. During the war, units of this type were modernized - mainly by adding new hydroacoustic devices. One of the units of this class was just HMS Pennywort (K111) which was built at the A and J Inglis Limited shipyard in Glasgow. </p>