Object Description
1/24 scale model of a Mark XX Torpedo made from metal from the WWII Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Caesar.
Length: 30.5 cm. – 12 inches. (scale 1/2″ – 1 ft).
Height: 12 cm. – 4 ¾ inches.
HMS Caesar built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War, a Ca-class Fleet Destroyer of the 11th Emergency Flotilla built by John Brown of Clydebank and to be fitted for use as a Flotilla Leader with additional accommodation for the Staff Officers. The ship was laid down on 3rd April 1943 and was intended to carry the name RANGER) but before her launching on 14th February 1944 this was changed to CAESAR. She was the sixth Royal Navy warship to carry the name. Pennant number: R07. M o t t o: Veni, Vidi, Vici.