White Ensign Models 1/700 HMS Queen Elizabeth 1918 Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship Kit (K721)

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White Ensign Models 1/700 HMS Queen Elizabeth 1918 Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship Kit (K721)
On November 28, 1916 when Admiral David Beatty replaced Admiral Jellicoe as Fleet Commander, Beatty selected Queen Elizabeth as his flagship. As the dashing commander of the battlecruiser force prior to his elevation to fleet command, it was to be expected that Beatty would appreciate the value of the fastest battleships in the fleet. From November 1916 to February 1917 Queen Elizabeth was fitted for duty as fleet flagship. From 1917 to 1918 she received other changes. Deflection scales were painted on either A & X or B & Y turrets, range finder clocks were added, coffee-box search light towers were added abeam and abaft of the second funnel, two 3-inch high angle anti-aircraft guns were added and range baffles were removed. Towards the end of 1918 the class received flying-off platforms to B and X turrets for Sopwith Camel fighters and Sopwith One & ½ Strutter reconnaissance aircraft. According to R. A. Burt Elizabeth did not receive these but there are photographs of the ship showing the flying-off platforms in place. John Campbell states that all five ships received the flying-off platforms by mid 1918. While serving as flagship at the end of the war. The naval terms of the armistice with Germany were arranged aboard Queen Elizabeth on November 15 at Rosyth.

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