Portsmouth Model Ship Weekend 2008
(all photos are © Peter Taylor)
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 This was a conversion in order to lay the cross channel fuel pipe ("PLUTO") during WW2 |
 The Club's Scale Section Captain couldn't resist a short outing. |
 The next Portsmouth Model Ship Display was a re-enactment of the Battle of Trafalgar |
 The Models were brought to the Mast Pond... |
 ...and prepared for battle. |
 The Model Ship Weekend was organised to mark the 250 year anniversary of Lord Nelson's birth. |
 The display attracted a big audience |
 Part of the French Fleet |
 HMS Victory, Nelson's Flagship |
 HMS Ajax, a "Third-Rate" ship of the line. |
 "Third-Rate" refered to the number of guns carried; these ships were more manoeuvrable than the larger ships. |
 But still had enough fire power to sink an opponent. Ajax caught fire and sank two years after Trafalgar. |
 The Battle commences. |
 In the actual Battle the British Fleet attacked in two lines... |
 sailing at right angles to the combined French and Spanish Fleet |
 A good description can be found here |
 Two short movie clips can be seen in our Movie Gallery |
 ...and the Real Thing! |