This site is dedicated to
'THE ROYAL NAVY'S FIRST INVINCIBLE'

If anyone has any questions relating to the Invincible site please email me and I will do my best to answer you.

I am trying to trace my family tree. If anyone with the same surname happens to come across this site who is also checking out the name Broomhead, by all means email me on info@invincible1758.co.uk
Historic Quotes:

Admiral Anson 1747 at the time of her capture wrote to the Admiralty: -"She is a prodigious fine ship and vastly large, I think she is larger than any ship in the fleet and is quite new".
In 1748 Captain Keppell said of her: -"She outsails the whole of the Navy of England, only the Bedford comes near us"
In 1757 the Admiralty described the Invincible as: - "In every way the very best ship of her class"
 

Here now - Another superb model ship built by professional madel maker Phil Rumsey. Currently part of a private collection, the owner is now selling the model and has asked me to advertise it on this web site. Click on image for more information.

Part of private collection being offered for sale - Many of the items originally listed here are now sold. Remaining are - Wine bottle and the 28" Fiddle Block:
Here now - In 1988 the project organisers commissioned local professional model maker, Phil Rumsey, to build a scale model of the Invincible using only materials recovered from the wreck. The end result is this magnificent model, which is currently owned by the Royal Marines Museum Portsmouth England. Click here to view more images of this model and another superb model crafted in bone!
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