Battleship “Groβer Kurfürst”, 1914

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Battleship “Groβer Kurfürst”, 1914, plastbyggsats.

TIME PERIOD

WW1

MARKINGS

Battleship “Groβer Kurfürst”, 1914.

Battleship “Großer Kurfüst”, 1918.

BOX SIZE

525 x 263 x 56 mm

NUMBER OF DETAILS

503

MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X HEIGHT)

507

WWI German Battleship

Battleship “Großer Kurfürst” belonged to “König” class of the Kaiser German Navy of WWI period. “Großer Kurfürst” was laid down at AG “Vulcan” in Hamburg 3.10.1911, launched 5.05.1913 and commissioned 30.07.1914.

Battleships of “König” class were mighty vessels, excellently geared for North Sea conditions. The four sisterships formed the 3^rd Squadron of Open Sea Navy (Hochseeflotte). The 3^rd Squadron of Battleships took part in all battle operations of Open Sea Navy after the WWI started. One of the sorties caused the Battle of Jutland May 31 – June 1, 1916, – the greatest and fierce sea battle of WWI. British battleships “Warspite”, ”Valiant” and “Malaya” were severely damaged by the fire of the 3^rd Squadron of Battleships.

After the armistice was signed the German Navy was interned by alliances at Scapa-Flow, where almost all vessels, including all 4 “König” sisterships, were scuttled by their crews June 21, 1919.

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