HMS Diana, the second built in the Artois class, was designed by Sir John Henslow. She was built by Randall & Brent of Rotherhithe, one of the largest merchant builders in the country. After eleven months building the hull, Diana was launched on the 3rd of March 1794. She was then towed to the Royal Dockyard at Deptford where she was fitted out. This included masts, rigging, anchors, coppering of her bottom, ordnance and stores. The model kit of Diana is depicted not as first built, but after her first refit at Portsmouth in June 1796 where she was given solid quarter deck bulwarks, carronades to replace the 9lb carriage guns and a dolphin striker on the bowsprit. Diana measured 173ft from figurehead to stern, her breadth was 39ft 3 1/2" and was almost 1000 tons burthen. Main armament was twenty eight 18lb carriage guns on the gun deck, with secondary armament consisting of ten 9lb guns on the top deck along with eight 32lb carronades. There is no doubt that this configuration constantly changed throughout her career and at the end of her time in the British Navy she had fourteen carronades on her top deck. The Caldercraft HMS Diana kit was designed from original Admiralty plans and contains: CNC cut timber throughout Brass 18 and 9 pounder cannons Double plank on bulkhead construction Black and natural hemp for rigging 2,300 1:64 scale copper plate Full-size plans Comprehensive instruction manual and drawings. Scale: 1:64 Length: 46.5 inches Width: 17 inches Height: 33 inches

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• Scale: 1:64
• Length: 46.5 inches, Width: 17 inches, Height: 33 inches

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