AIRFIX 1/1200 SINK THE BISMARCK 7 SHIPS-HOOD+ARK ROYAL+Cruiser+Destroyers A50120

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AIRFIX 1/1200 SINK THE BISMARCK 7 SHIPS-HOOD+ARK ROYAL+Cruiser+Destroyers A50120 AIRFIX A50120 1/1200 Waterline SINK THE BISMARCK ! Set includes Seven scale models: HMS Hood Bismarck HMS Ark Royal Prinz Eugen HMS Suffolk 2x Tribal Class Destroyers (HMS Cossack etc) At 06.00 hours on Saturday 24th May 1941, the Royal Navy was dealt one of its most shattering blows. The 42,000 ton Battlecruiser HMS Hood was destroyed in an action lasting barely 8 minutes with the largest & most modern battleship in service; the Bismarck. 3 days later, after the most celebrated sea chase of World War 2, which involved no fewer than 3 British battleships, 2 battlecruisers, 2 aircraft carriers & 9 cruisers, plus numerous destroyers, Bismarck was brought to bay, reduced to a blazing hulk, & sunk. The career of the most feared German warship was terminated a mere 9 months after she was commissioned. The Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935 supplanted the Treaty of Versailles & recognised the right of the German Navy to possess capital ships of a size comparable to those of other navies, which were themselves limited by the 1930 London Naval Treaty to 35,000 tons. Studies for ships of this nature had already been drawn up & designs were well in hand by the time the Agreement was signed. Bismarck was commissioned on 24th August 1940 & after a period of trials, crew training & general working-up in the Baltic, was joined in April 1941 by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. On 22nd May, Bismark & Prinz Eugen, under Admiral Lutjens steered north-west to break out via the Denmark Strait, into the Atlantic with the intention of attacking vital British convoys. The British, realising the immense threat posed by the two raiders, made strenuous efforts to locate the German vessels, & by the evening of 23rd May the cruisers HMS Suffolk & Norfolk sighted them & tracked their movements by radar, eventually delivering them to the guns of the Hood & the brand new HMS Prince of Wales. Although Hood was destroyed, Bismarck received 3 hits from the Prince of Wales, one of which penetrated a fuel tank, causing a leak which left a slick in the vessel's wake & contaminating the oil that remained. In view of the seriousness of the damage, Admiral Lutjens decided to make for the German-held French coast. The journey was never completed. The pursuit, interception & final annihilation of Bismarck was fraught with incident. First, Swordfish torpedo bombers from the new HMS Victorious launched 3 attacks without success. Then the British lost contact. The German battleship was not positively located again until the 26th May, when she was spotted by an RAF Catalina. Strikes by Swordfish from HMS Ark Royal were delivered, first in error against the British cruiser HMS Sheffield, then against Bismarck; a torpedo struck the stern of the battleship, jamming her steering gear & sealing her fate. On the morning of 27th May, the British battleships HMS King George V & HMS Rodney appeared on the horizon and, closing the range, proceeded to pound Bismarck to a wreck. An hour & three quarters later, the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire put three torpedoes into her & at 10.40 hours she capsized & sank, taking with her some 1,800 sailors. Brand New & Boxed Buy With Confidence ! Fully Guaranteed & backed up by a real Model Shop! CALLERS WELCOME! Check out our Other items! Be sure to add us to your Favourites list! Payment to be received within 7 days of the end of the auction, please. We accept payments from all major credit/debit cards over the telephone, or you can post your cheque or postal order to our shop address. Or (expensive!) Paypal if you must! Goods normally despatched within 24 hours of receipt of cleared payment. We can post worldwide except Thailand, Vietnam etc. Please allow up to a week extra for peak Christmas post. 50% P&P discount on UK multi-buys and foreign up to 2Kg Any questions or to pay with a Credit Card please ring /7 between 9:00 - 5:30 Monday - Saturday. Come & See us! We ha... read more

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