Originally launched and commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1820 HMS Beagle was a 10-gun brig-sloop She was later adapted as a survey barque and undertook three expeditions the second being her most famous when she carried Charles Darwin on the survey that would lead to his famous theories of evolution Revell’s detailed model features Beagle’s gun ports stairways and decorative elements plus twin anchors moulded sails yarn for rigging flag chart and display stand