The " Bismarck" at 42343 tons was for her time the largest & most up-to-date battleship in the world (next to the " Hood") On 24th May 1941 in a sea battle together with the heavy cruiser " Prinz Eugen" at the pack ice frontier of Greenland with a direct hit by the 5th salvo from her 380 mm guns she sank the largest British battle cruiser the " Hood" Launched on 14th February 1940 at the Blohm & Voss shipyard Hamburg together with the similar " Tirpitz" she was the most up-to-date & prestigious ship of the German navy With a length of 251 m the top of the mast stood 52 m above the surface of the sea She was protected by a total of 17450 tonnes of steel armour plating The newly designed heavy artillery fired 800kg projectiles up to a range of 342 km & were capable of penetrating 350 mm armour at 21 km Although the " Prinz Eugen" suffered no direct hits in the battle of 24th May the " Bismarck" which was damaged in the bow made for a French harbour In the subsequent pursuit by British ships & aircraft on 27th May 1941 a torpedo hit the rudder & after being hit by the superior numbers of the Home Fleet she was disabled & sunk in the Atlantic about 800 km off the French coast Of the 2092 men on board 115 survived Detailed main deck with planking 4 detailed 380 mm gun turrets with individually movable barrels 10 lifeboats of different types 2 Arado 196 sea planes with glass canopy Display stand Box Contains 1 x Revell 05040
- 1350 Scale Battleship Bismarck 1 x Instruction Manual