{"product_id":"royal-navy-fleet-victory-at-sea","title":"Royal Navy Fleet - Victory At Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tab-content active\" data-tabcontent=\"\" id=\"collapse-tab1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Royal Navy of Great Britain was the world’s greatest navy at the outbreak of the Second World War. However, Britain went to war with mainly First World War-vintage vessels. Since the Royal Navy already possessed many powerful units, construction of the most modern designs was limited. This meant that at the outbreak of World War Two Britain had far more battleships than most other nations, but they had smaller guns than those built to the most modern ships.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThough the main battle force was kept concentrated in home waters, task forces were assigned to many distant areas, but the Royal Navy could not be strong everywhere. Although badly stretched, the Royal Navy lived up to its traditional ‘can do!’ ethos, fighting hard in all theatres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn addition to the battleship forces, the Royal Navy maintained a handful of fast battlecruisers – some of them quite old – and aircraft carriers. These were backed up by a strong cruiser force and light forces including destroyers, motor torpedo boats (MTBs) and motor gunboats (MGBs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the war went on, aircraft carriers became increasingly important and air defences were steadily improved on all ships. Yet the big guns of the battleships and cruisers played a vital role in many theatres of war. British capital ships saw action in the Arctic and the Atlantic against German commerce raiders, in the Mediterranean against Italian forces, and ventured into the Pacific in an ill-fated attempt to stem the Japanese advance. Though the great fleet actions planned for and desired by the architects of the Royal Navy did not materialise during World War Two, the Royal Navy adapted well to the war it was destined to fight and emerged with great honour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEagle-class Carrier - HMS Eagle 1940\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKing George V-class Battleship - HMS Duke of York 1943\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLeander-class cruiser - HMS Neptune 1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdinburgh-class cruiser - HMS Belfast 1942\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDido-class cruiser - HMS Dido 1940\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTribal-class Destroyer x3\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTorpedo-Bomber Aircraft - Fairey Swordfish x4 flights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShip Cards and Damage Sliders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAssembly Instructions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShips are in Resin and Warlord Resin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: xx-small;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Warlord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39380910047287,"sku":"RoyalNavyFleetVaS","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1912\/4293\/products\/742412001.jpg?v=1623767366","url":"https:\/\/www.willstoyshop.com\/en-us\/products\/royal-navy-fleet-victory-at-sea","provider":"Wills Toy Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}