Trumpeter HMHS Britannic Royal Hospital

Please Note: This item is to be purchased in store due to its weight and size.

The Royal Hospital Ship Britannic, belonging to the White Star Line, was one of the White Star Line's Olympic-class liners and a sister ship to the Olympic and Titanic.

Launched before the start of World War I, the Britannic lay in a Belfast shipyard for several months until 1915, when it was used as a hospital ship to transport wounded soldiers and replenish supplies. At 8:00 AM on November 21, 1916, it was sighted by the German submarine U-73 in the waters off the Greek island of Kea and subsequently torpedoed. However, due to poor damage control and disorganised crew management, the lifeboats being lowered became sucked into the Britannic's propeller, damaging it and causing it to run aground and sink. Of the thirty fatalities in the sinking, only five were due to drowning.

Features:

- Scale: 1:200
- Plastic model kit [unassembled]
- Decal sheet
- Total plastic parts: 2170+ pieces
- Total Sprues: 27 pieces
- One-piece hull made from two-directional slide moulds
- Deck patern finely detailed
- 11 pieces of photo-etched parts from handrails to ladders
- Display stand included
- Dimensions [cm]: 134.7 long x 14.46 beam

Required to Complete:

- Assembly
- Cement (glue)
- Hobby knife
- Sprue cutters
- Tweezers
- Paint brushes (various sizes)
- Paint

This kit is a detailed scale model for hobbyists. Glue, paint and tools are sold separately. Contains small parts. Actual product may vary slightly from the pictures shown.