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DeAgostini 1:1250 German Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser - Orion, #DAKS57

DeAgostini 1:1250 German Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruiser - Orion, #DAKS57

$ 14.25

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Vehicle Type: Battleship
  • Material: Diecast
  • Scale: 1:1250
  • Series: Kriegschiffe
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Features: Unopened Box
  • MPN: Does not apply
  • Condition: New
  • Vehicle Year: 2020
  • Brand: DeAgostini
  • Color: Gray

    Description

    "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!"
    - Admiral Farragut sailing aboard his flagship Hartford while entering Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 23, 1864
    Orion (HSK-1) was an auxiliary cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine which operated as a merchant raider during World War II. Built by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg in 1930/31 as the freighter Kurmark, she was requisitioned by the navy at the outbreak of World War II and converted into the auxiliary cruiser Orion, commissioned on December 9th, 1939. Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 36, her Royal Navy designation was Raider A. She was named after the constellation Orion.
    The Orion was built in 1930 by Blohm & Voss in Hamburg as a freighter for HAPAG, the Hamburg-America Line. To save money, the engines of the liner New York were reused. That proved a poor decision, since the Orion was plagued for her entire life by engine problems.
    After the war broke out the German Seekriegsleitung (Naval Operations Command) was ill-prepared for raider warfare. The operations of the German auxiliary cruisers of World War I were evaluated and considered a great success, having disrupted British merchant shipping around the world. However the overall effect on the war was evaluated as having been rather minor and so only a small program of converting merchant vessels into auxiliary cruisers was initiated on September 5th, 1939.
    The first two ships being requisitioned were the Kurmark (Orion) and the Neumark (German auxiliary cruiser Widder), and conversion started immediately.
    Shown here is a 1:1250 scale replica of the famed German Kriegsmarine auxiliary cruiser, Orion. #DAKS57
    Dimensions:
    Length: 7-inches
    Width: 1-inch
    Features:
    - Fully assembled
    - Fully painted
    - Ready to display
    - Comes with German language magazine describing the warship in detail
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