LE NEPTUNE XXème. Imposing model of a three-masted ship in wood and fabric. Presented on its wooden base with a plaque reading "LE NEPTUNE, vessel with three decks and 100 cannons, circa 1761". Replica. H: 86 cm, L: 113 cm, W: 37 cm Minor accident, worn and in good condition. HMS Neptune was a 98-gun Royal Navy ship of the line of second rank. Neptune served in a multitude of different positions throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. She was also present at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

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