At 42,343 t, the Bismarck was the largest and most modern battleship in the world at the time (next to the Hood). On 24 May 1941, in a sea battle together with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, she sank the largest British battle cruiser, the Hood, with the 5th salvo of her 38-cm guns at the pack ice limit off Greenland. Launched on 14 February 1940 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, she was, together with the identical Tirpitz, the most modern ship and the prestige object of the German navy. At 251 m long, the mast top reached 52 m above the water surface. A total of 17,450 t of steel were used for armour protection. The newly constructed heavy artillery fired 800 kg projectiles up to a distance of 34.2 km, whereby 350 mm armour could be penetrated up to 21 km. While the Prinz Eugen received no hits in the engagement on 24 May, the bow-damaged Bismarck set course for a French port. During the subsequent pursuit by British ships and aircraft, the ship was shot out of action by numerically superior forces of the Home Fleet after a torpedo hit the steering gear on 27 May 1941 and sank in the Atlantic about 800 km off the French coast. Of 2,092 men on board, 115 survived.

Scope of delivery:

Kit incl. building instructions and decal.

Attention! Not suitable for children under 36 months. Legal minimum age: 14 years

• Four detailed 38 cm gun turrets
• Twelve 15 cm guns
• Sixteen 10.5 cm anti-aircraft guns
• Searchlights with clear parts
• Ten lifeboats
• Two Arado 196 seaplanes with glass canopy
• Two detailed cranes
• Display stand
• Camouflage instructions and decals for two operational periods

• Scale: 1:350
• Age recommendation: 14+
• Number of parts: 659
• Length: 718 mm