Hms Dasher was an Avenger class escort carrier which served the Royal Navy for less than 1 year between July 1942 and March 1943 when she was tragically sunk off the coast of west Scotland by an explosion most likely casued by the aviation fuel being incorrectly stored and maintained. Orgininally she was laid down…
This model is a depiction of the German heavy cruiser Graff Spee of the Deutschland class heavy cruiser, launched in 1936 with a displacement of approximately 10,000 tonnes, and 6 11 inch guns. The ship would ultimately be scuttled after the battle of the River Plate, in Montevideo Uruguay in December 1939.
SMS Seydlitz was a battlecruiser for the Imperial German Navy and a major participant in the battle of Jutland during ww1.Laid down in February 1911 and launched in March 1912, then comissioned in May 1913 as a sole ship of her class. During ww1 the ship had a very active career first participating in the…
Type II Uboats were a mainly coastal submarine designed and built for the Kriegsmarine between the early 1930’s and midd 1940’s., with a few varients from A – D with differing tonnages from a surfaced tonnage of 250, to a tonnage of 314 on the D varient. These were primarily used for training and re-establishing…
S.M.S. Arminius was an ironclad turret ship purchased by the Prussian Navy in 1864 and completed the next year. She was completed with 4 bronze 72 pounder guns in 2 turrets designed by Cowper Coles which were then later modified to 210mm guns and aditional superstructure was added. The model in this depiction is of…
SMS Geier was an unprotected cruiser built for the Imperial German navy in 1893, and later came under American control during the midd stage of ww1 when she was interned in Hawaii at the beginning of the war. She was laid down in 1893 and launched a year later before entering service in 1895. The…
SMS Hagen was the final vessel of the six-member Siegfried class of coastal defense ships built for the German Imperial Navy. She was laid down in September 1891 and launched 2 years later in October 93, and then a year later entered service into the Imperial German navy. Her career was fairly quiet, spending most…
Project 50 was a late WW1 German design for a submarine which would carry 4 – 150mm guns, and possessed 10 torpedo tubes, which for its time was very impressive. For propulsion, steam turbines were used instead of diesel engines. In terms of size it sits at around 125 meters long and almost 12 meters…
U-65 was a uboat designed and built for the German navy during ww1, and had a fairly successful career. Construction began in June 1915 and she was completed by March 1916. Between 1916 and Late October 1918 it sank a variety of vessels from armed yaughts and mine laying vessels to cargo vessels, before being…