Build Methods: Kit

Stier was a German auxiliary cruiser of World War II. The name Stier means “bull”. She was the last German raider to break out into the Atlantic in World War II.

USS Alaska was a large cruiser that served during the end of World War II. Only one other of her class was completed.

The 520 Barbe-class utility landing craft are used for landing or transporting troops, supply, equipment and also for coastal mine laying.

Schleswig-Holstein fired the first shots of World War II when she bombarded the Polish base at Danzig’s Westerplatte.

In the late sixties the German Navy realized the necessity for a new fast attack craft to counter missile boats of the Russian navy. They were not used after the cold war, and the ships were decommissioned in 2004 and 2005.

A variety of steam engines

During the Third Anglo-Dutch War, Prince served as a flagship of the Lord High Admiral the Duke of York (later James II & VII.) During the Battle of Solebay (1672) she was in the center of the English fleet that was attacked by the Dutch center led by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.

This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War in 1898.

Armed transport famous for mutiny

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.