Atlantis Models 1:600 Bismarck German Battleship 16 Inch

Key Features

• The model measures 16 inches long
• Ages 14 and up
• We recommend Black, Dark grey, Tan, Gold, Silver, Red, and White
• Paint and glue are sold separately
• 112 Parts
• Full colour decals
• 2 float planes
• Display stand
• Box top artwork suitable for framing
• Monogram tooling

Product Description

1:618 Scale. Measures 16 inches long when complete. Comes moulded in grey with updated decals and instructions. Skill level 2.

The German battleship Bismarck proved conclusively to the British Admiralty that the German Navy was equipped with sophisticated warships that possessed awesome capabilities. Designed as a commerce raider, this framed Tirpitz class battleship relied on speed and endurance to overtake and destroy its foes. Over eight hundred feet in length, this leviathan displaced more than 42,000 tonnes and attained speeds in excess of thirty knots. Eight powerful fifteen-inch guns were fitted in four main turrets. During May of 1941, the Bismarck was destroyed in one of the modern naval history's most famous battles. In a desperate attempt to gain access to the North Atlantic shipping lanes, the Bismarck was intercepted by a well-coordinated British Naval effort. During unrelenting battle, concentrated gunfire from the German raider devastated the British Battleship Hood, but the feared German warship finally succumbed to repeated gunfire, bombing and torpedo attacks.