A fantastically detailed 1/700 scale model of HMS Tonnant - a British 80 gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
HMS Tonnant (lit. 'Thundering') was an 80-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She had previously been Tonnant of the French Navy and the lead ship of the Tonnant class. The British captured her in August 1793 during the Siege of Toulon but the French recaptured her when the siege was broken in December. Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson captured her at Aboukir Bay off the coast of Egypt at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798. She was taken into British service as HMS Tonnant. She went on to fight at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars.
Tonnant became the flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane when he assumed command of the North American Station in March of 1814 during the War of 1812 with the United States. On 7 September 1814 Francis Scott Key and John Stuart Skinner dined aboard the ship while seeking the release of a captured civilian prisoner, several days before the Battle of Baltimore. Key went on to write what later became the words to the American national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" after watching the British attack on Baltimore's Fort McHenry. Tonnant was broken up in 1821.
This is a resin 3d print from the fantastic Henry Turner range of miniatures, fantastically detailed, printed on state of the art 12K resolution printers ensuring a beautiful crisp detailed model.
Please note that if you choose the option for Hull,Masts and Sails, the Spanker and Staysails will be angled left by default. If you would like them angled to the right please message me when making your purchase.
Skillball's Minatures are delighted to be licensed printers of the Turner Miniatures range.