German to WW2

After 1919, the German Navy was reduced to six old pre-Dreadnought battleships that served in turn until replacements could be built. Hannover is modelled as in commission in 1930.

The use of welding and the employment of Diesel engines permitted the mounting of 11 inch guns on a cruiser hull with a very large cruising range for commerce raiding. Direct descendants of the engines are still in service in merchant ships today

Tirpitz differed from Bismarck in that she was fitted with torpedo tubes (taken from KMS Leipzig after she was badly damaged in the Norwegian campaign) for commerce raiding.

Scharnhorst was completed like Gneisenau, with a straight stem and mainmast attached to the funnel, as modelled here.

A 1/1250 scale metal model of KMS Prinz Eugen in 1941 by Navis Neptun 1030, see photograph.

Modelled as she appeared for her Atlantic sortie with Bismarck. Clearly a lucky ship, she survived WW2 in the form modelled as Neptun No.1030A.

Sunk by coastal defences during the invasion of Norway!

This version is the pocket battleship as she appeared for most of WW2. 

Following torpedo damage during Norway operations, the pocket battleship was re-built, re-named and re-classified as a heavy cruiser in the form seen here.

All the German light cruisers suffered from having a short range and rarely strayed outside the Baltic during WW2. Nurnberg survived the war and was transferred to USSR in 1946 to be renamed Admiral Makarov.

A 1/1250 scale second hand model of Leipzig by Navis Neptun 1041. The model is in excellent condition and only differs from new in that the shade of grey paint is slightly lighter than today's factory finish.

Almost all the light cruisers were badly damaged during the Invasion of Norway and Leipzig was no exception. She never returned to front line duties, her torpedo tubes were put on Tirpitz and a boiler room was permanently out of commision. She became a school ship, static after being rammed by Prinz Eugen in the Baltic.

The only K-class Light Cruiser to survive the invasion of Norway in usable condition, she was unlucky enough to be sunk on the day before VE Day!

Another casualty of the Norwegian Campaign, Bombed and sunk at Bergen!

Karlsruhe suffered extensive hull damage during a deep ocean cruise in 1937 and had the hull stiffened before WW2. In 1940, she was damaged by a torpedo from HMS Truant and was scuttled by a torpedo from KMS Jaguar.

One of 6 old Battleships that Germany was allowed to retain after WW1, she was used as a training and accommodation ship until almost the end of WW2.

Obsolete by WW2, she was used primarily for coastal bombardment.

A 1/1250 scale model of Grille in 1938 by Navis Neptun 1055.

When Emily Cadwallader refused to sell her yacht, Savarona III, to the Germans, this similar but larger yacht was ordered from Blohm & Voss.

a 1/1250 scale metal model of the ex-German battleship Hannover converted to a target ship in WW2 by Neptun 1056C.

A 1/1250 scale metal model of the former pre-dreadnought battleship, Hessen, as converted to a radio controlled target ship from 1938. Hessen survived WW2 and became the Russian "Tsel".

Another exquisite small model from Navis, new in July 2013!

Aegir or Agir was an Odin class coastal defence ship launched in 1895. The main armament comprised 3 x 9.4" guns. Displacement was nominally 3750 tons.

A 1/1250 scale model of German battlecruiser, Seydlitz under tow for Rosyth for scapping in 1930. This is the third model in the Coastlines series showing aspects of the salvage work on the High Seas Fleet that had been scuttled in Scapa Flow in 1919.

A 1/1250 scale model of Bluecher, a new German heavy cruiser on fire and sinking in Oslofjord by Coastlines Models CL-SA19.

To fit 1/1250 scale Scharnhorst / Gneisenau, when displayed in a drydock.