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Over the last couple of years, Premier Ship Models has had to adapt and readjust its business strategy to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. We were able to do this thanks to the digitalisation of the company, and our terrific global outreach. We have delivered to over 80 countries, and in recognition of this, Premier…

Today marks the 40th anniversary since the raising of the Mary Rose’s wreckage in the Solent, on the 11th October 1982. – See Above: The Recovered Wreckage in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard The Mary Rose was a carrack-type warship that belonged to King Henry VIII. She was launched in July 1511, and subsequently served for a…

La Niña, also known as ‘the little one,’ was famously the ship that housed Christopher Columbus’s cabin. In her early years, Niña was fitted with Latin sails; but then after that, she was equipped with square sails. Since Niña was such a small vessel, she was highly agile and manoeuvrable, but required a sturdy ballast…

HMS Gloucester was a 54-gun, third rate Speaker-class frigate. It was originally built for the navy of the Commonwealth of England during the 1650s. After the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the ship was taken over by the Royal Navy. HMS Gloucester took part in a number of significant battles during the Anglo-Spanish War,…

The Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards were first launched in 2021, and they aim to focus on – and subsequently celebrate – the expertise, accomplishments and contributions to the local community made by both individuals and companies. The Awards themselves enable businesses based in Hertfordshire to exhibit their performance and extraordinary achievements to clients, customers, suppliers and…

HMS Neptune was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Neptune served on a multitude of various stations throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. She was also present during the Battle of Trafalgar, which took place in 1805. During the early years of the war with Revolutionary France, HMS Neptune…

Premier Ship Models have recently partnered with Andrew, an excellent modeller who hand-makes all of his products for a more personal touch. His company is run solely by him, and he has always held a penchant for both ships and model ships alike. He has been sailing for seven years, and crafting models since the…

Edward Teach, more commonly referred to as ‘Blackbeard,’ was a feared and revered English pirate who primarily operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain’s North American colonies between the late 17th– and 18th-centuries. He sailed aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge which was launched around the year 1710, to be used as…