Tag: ship
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…