SMS Saschen was an Ironclad warship build for the Imperial German navy during the 1870’s as part of a modernisation plan, to modernise and strengthen Germanys navy. In total 4 would be built with her sister ships being Bayern, Württemberg and Baden, and would fullfil the role of coastal defence ships given their classification of…
The Type VII D U-boat was a vessel designed and built for the German navy during World War 2, and were constructed in the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel.There purpose was to lay mines and hunt convoys with some of them seeing minor victories during the battle of Atlantic. Only half a dozen were ordered…
SMS Dresden was a light cruiser built for the Imperial German navy in Hamberg, and holds the class name with Emden being her sister. She was laid down in 1906, launched in October 1907 and then commissioned in November 1908. Her battle record included the Battle of Coronel in November 1914 where she saw action…
The German gun-boat Wespe was an armoured gunboat built for the German navy in the midd 1870’s, which carried a single massive 305mm gun and a small selection of smaller guns for self defence. The model depiction is of a later upgrade to the vessels in the early 1890’s.
SMS Kaiser was a battleship built for the German navy prior to ww1. She was laid down in December 1909 and Launched in March 1911, then commissioned in 1912. She would enter ww1 and take part in a number of operations, the largest of which would be the battle of Jutland, where she would sustain…
The Emden was a light cruiser built for the imperial German navy in 1908. She was laid down in 1906, launched in midd 1908, and then finally commissioned in midd 1909.During the early stage of her career she would see most of her service in Asia and the pacific, where she would also be stationed…
MNS Dundoon is an early ww2 style carrier converion of the heavy cruiser MNS Chloe, in the style of the Japanese carrier Hosho. The vessel comes equipped with a few AA guns and mixed battery turrets for self defense, however the bulk of its capabilities come from the aircraft.
USS North Carolina ACR-12 was a Tennesee class armoured cruiser built for the US navy during the midd 1900’s (as in 1905). She was laid down in late March 1905 and launched a year later in October 1906, she was then commissioned into the US navy in May 1908. During her career she would transport…
USS Puritan was an Ironclad built for the US Navy to replace it’s existing old and worn Ironclad built during the civil war. Laid down in June 1874 and launched in December 1882, and commissioned in December 1886, the Puritan had one of the longest build times of the Ironclad era, if not the longest.…
USS Monitor was an Ironclad built for the Union navy during the civil war. Ordered on the 4th of October 1861, Laid down on the 25th and Launched on the 30th of January 1862, before being completed and comissioned on the 25th of Febuary. She was ordered in response to the construction of the CSS…