The first of their kind, the HMS Invincible class ships were the beginning of First Sea Lord Sir Jackie Fisher's daunted "battle-cruisers", ships that had the armament of a battleship, but sacrificed heavy armor to give them the speed of a cruiser. Though plagued with problems when facing enemy battleships at Jutland, when used for their original design purpose as "cruiser killers", British battle-cruisers did the Royal Navy proud. The HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible sank the German armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisnau at the Battle of the Falkland Islands on Dec. 7, 1914.
This scrappy little WWI British battle cruiser has really been making a reputation for itself within the IR/CWCC over the last few years. Captain Steve Bakers HMS Invincible was voted "Most Feared" Allied ship by the Axis captains at the 1994 IR/CWCC National Championships. Captain Joe Kutz, skippering an Invincible built from a SWAMPWORKS kit, was named Rookie of the Year at the 1995 IR/CWCC National Championships. At the 1996 IR/CWCC Nationals, a flotilla of four SWAMPWORKS kit Invincibles, called the " 'I' Fleet " terrorized the Axis.
A short, stubby hull and twin rudders give the Invincible good maneuverability. Being a Class 4 ship, it is also allowed to utilize broadside firing BB cannons. A real killer in a close in skirmish with the Axis.
HMS Invincible is available as a complete fiberglass kit, a fiberglass hull kit, and as a hull only.
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