NUOTIE 1/1250 HMHS Britannic Hospital Ship Diecast Model with Display Base

Product Overview

This 1:1250 model shows Britannic as history remembers her: not a White Star liner but His Majesty's Hospital Ship, in the white hull, green stripe band and red crosses that marked hospital ships under the Hague conventions, with four yellow funnels above. At this scale the youngest Olympic-class sister comes out to about 22 cm (8.6 in) long, on a wood-finish display base with a gold "HMHS BRITANNIC" nameplate.

Key Features

• 1/1250 scale, about 22 cm (8.6 in) long, 2.5 cm (1 in) wide and 7 cm (2.8 in) tall on the base
• Diecast ABS hull painted in the hospital-ship scheme: white hull, green stripe band, red cross markings at bow, sides and deck
• Four yellow funnels, dark masts, and the enlarged aft boat davits added after the Titanic loss
• Gold propellers and centre rudder at the stern
• Wood-finish display base with a gold "HMHS BRITANNIC" nameplate

The Ship

Britannic was the third and largest of White Star Line's Olympic-class trio, and her design was revised after Titanic sank in April 1912 — a double hull along the engine and boiler rooms, more lifeboats, and davits big enough to launch boats fully loaded. She was still being fitted out in Belfast when the First World War began, and in November 1915 she was requisitioned as a hospital ship. On 21 November 1916, inbound to Mudros in the Aegean, she struck a mine in the Kea Channel and sank in under an hour. Of the 1,066 people aboard, 30 died — the redesign had done its work. Jacques Cousteau found the wreck in 1975, and it lies in shallow enough water to be one of the most accessible large wrecks a technical diver can visit.

On the Shelf

At 1/1250 she completes the sisters: the RMS Titanic model and the HMT Olympic dazzle-camouflage model sit beside her, all three on wood-finish bases. One shelf, three ships, and the whole story of the class from 1912 to 1916.

An Honest Note on Scale

At 1/1250 the model is a display piece rather than a loupe subject: the green band, red crosses and yellow funnels read clearly at arm's length, which is what carries the identity at this size. The hull is diecast ABS with painted detailing — light in the hand — so the base does the anchoring. The davits and masts are slender castings; dust with a soft brush rather than a cloth.