HMS Iron Duke was a dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class, named in honour of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, and her keel laid in January 1912. Launched ten months later, she was commissioned into the Home Fleet in March 1914 as the fleet flagship. She was armed with a main battery of ten 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns and was capable of a top speed of 21.25 knots (39.36 km/h; 24.45 mph).

Iron Duke served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, including at the Battle of Jutland. There, she inflicted significant damage on the German battleship SMS König early in the main fleet action. In January 1917, she was relieved as fleet flagship. After the war, Iron Duke operated in the Mediterranean as the flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet. She participated in both the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War in the Black Sea and the Greco-Turkish War. She also assisted in the evacuation of refugees from Smyrna. In 1926, she was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, where she served as a training ship.

Battleship circa 1916, as it appeared around the time of Jutland. Can also be used as Marlborough, Benbow, Emperor of India.

A resin 3D print, printed on 12K resolution printers for outstanding detail and crispness.

Available in 1:1250 / 1:1800 / 1:2400 scale please select the scale you require above.

If you would like this print in another scale please feel free to drop me a message and I will do my best to accomodate you.

 

Original design is by WTJ Naval and Skillball's Miniatures are delighted to be licensed printers of WTJ designs.