HM Bomb Vessel Granado Wooden Model Ship Kit Historic Scale Wooden Model Ship Kit by Caldercraft Ship Models Length 30.91″ Height 23.23″ Width 13.39″ Scale 1:64 Advanced Level Double Wood Plank on Bulkhead ConstructionHM Bomb Vessel Granado – Wooden Model Ship Kit By CaldercraftHM GRANADO Twelve bomb vessels, including HM Granado (the sixth), were built at the outbreak of the War of Jenkins’s Early in 1739. HM Granado was ordered on September 14th 1741 and the keel was laid on November 18th 1741. Although it is uncertain who designed the HM Granado, it is commonly attributed to Thomas Slade, the naval Surveyor who oversaw the construction of the ship at Ipswich. Thomas Slade also went on to design famous ships such as H.M.S. Victory. HM Granado was unusual in that she was designed to be used as either a sloop or a bomb vessel, being constructed with a conventional square stern. Launched on June 22nd 1742, HM Granado was taken to Harwich, fitted out and put in commission as a sloop.
