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- 70498 - Royal Navy G3 Class Battlecruiser, Project November 1921, 1/700
The G3 battlecruisers were a class of battlecruisers planned by the Royal Navy after the end of World War I in response to naval expansion programmes by the United States and Japan. The four ships of this class would have been larger, faster and more heavily armed than any existing battleship (although several projected foreign ships would be larger). The G3s have been considered to be proper "fast battleships" since they were well-balanced designs with adequate protection. Nonetheless the class was officially designated as a "battlecruiser" due to their higher speed and lesser firepower and armour relative to the planned N3-class battleship design. The G3s carried nine 16-inch (406 mm) guns and were expected to achieve 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph), while the N3s would carry nine 18-inch (457 mm) guns on the same displacement at the expense of a slower speed.
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70291 - Monitor HMS Roberts, 1941, 1/700
HMS Roberts was a Royal Navy Roberts class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.
Built by John Brown & Company, Clydebank, she was laid down 30 April 1940, launched 1 April 1941 and completed on 27 October 1941. She reused the twin 15 inch gun turret of the World War I monitor Marshal Soult.
HMS Roberts provided bombardment support during Operation Torch in North Africa, where she was damaged by two 500 kg bombs. She was repaired in time to support Operation Husky (the invasion of Sicily), Allied landings near Salerno Operation Avalanche, the D-Day landings and the Walcheren operations.
HMS Roberts was sold for scrapping shortly after the war, but hired back by the navy as an accommodation ship at Devonport until 1965. She was broken up at Inverkeithing in July 1965.
One of HMS Robert's guns (originally in HMS Resolution) is mounted outside the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth, South London, together with one from the battleship Ramillies.
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70296 - Monitor HMS Abercrombie, 1943, 1/700
HMS Abercrombie (F109), named after General James Abercrombie, built by Vickers Armstrong, Tyne. She was laid down 26 April 1941, launched 31 March 1942 and completed 5 May 1943. She used a 15-inch gun turret originally built as a spare for HMS Furious. She was damaged by contact mines on several occasions while supporting the invasion of Italy, but was repaired. Scrapped in 1954.
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70292 - Heavy Cruiser HMAS Australia, 1928, 1/700
HMAS Australia (D84), launched in 1927, was a County class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship is believed to have been the first ship damaged by a kamikaze attack, and to be tied with the USS Laffey for the ship hit the most times by kamikazes.
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70295 - Heavy Cruiser HMAS Canberra, 1928, 1/700
HMAS Canberra (I33/D33), named after the Australian capital city of Canberra, was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) heavy cruiser of the Kent sub-class of County class cruisers, which served between 1928 and 1942. She was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island, on 9 August 1942, during World War II.
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