Navis Neptun 1/1250 741N Admiral Spaun, Austro-Hungarian Light Cruiser (1910)
A dmiral Spaun is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, metal, waterline model of the Austro-Hungarian scout cruiser of 1914. The model was cast, assembled and painted by Navis Neptun Modelbau in Germany, catalogue number Navis 741N and is in excellent, original condition, see photograph. This model has been out of production for five years.
Admiral Spaun was the first modern light cruiser to be constructed for the Austro-Hungarian Navy, shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. In common with her contemporary fleet mates, she was smaller than the equivalent ships in other navies at the time but comparable to what were called Scouts in other countries. This ship was folloed by the Helgoland-class of light cruisers that were larger and more heavily armed.
Admiral Spaun was handed to Britain after WW1 and scrapped.