Scale: 1:400. The model was made by Chief Petty Officer Vernon Miles who was killed in action in HMS ‘Hood’ 24 May 1941. Roughly made, it contains a number of inaccuracies, like the splayed guns in their oddly shaped turrets.

The ninth ship in the Royal Navy to bear the illustrious name, HMS ‘Revenge’ was built by Vickers Armstrong and commissioned just before the Battle of Jutland in 1916, at which she was present. She engaged the enemy for ninety minutes but sustained no damage or casualties. On two occasions in 1920 and 1922 she was dispatched to the Mediterranean to deal with crises in the region. In 1928 she went into Devonport Dockyard for a major refit re-emerging a year later and attached to the Mediterranean fleet.

On 16 July 1935 ‘Revenge’ was part of the naval review of 160 warships at Spithead to mark King George V’s Silver Jubilee. The following year she was paid off for yet another refit and, on 9 August 1939, she took part in yet another Fleet Review this time with King George VI in attendance.

The Second World War saw a rather antiquated and slow, but nevertheless active ‘Revenge’ until her withdrawal from operational service in October 1943. In May 1944 her main armament was removed to provide spare guns for the battleships ‘Warspite’ and ‘Ramilles’.

On 8 March 1948, after many years of dedicated service, she was placed on the disposal list and sold for scrap. However some of the gearing machinery from her gun turrets was salvaged and used in the radio telescope at Jodrell Bank, Cheshire.