HUGE 50 INCHES – RC German Battleship – Prinz Eugen – Ready to Run
Product#: PE-101
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DESCRIPTION:
- The ship's hull is molded in strong fiberglass construction, while the superstructure consists of laser-cut wooden and ABS parts. The model also features a large number of small metal items, all ready-made and factory-installed. The railings, catapult, companionways, ventilation grilles, etc., consist of copper and resin components, as this method produces finely detailed parts of a convincing scale appearance.
- The hull, superstructure components, masts and fittings feature a sprayed finish using matt paints and the many detail features and fittings give the model a particularly interesting appearance. The delicate rigging is also completely assembled. Portions of the superstructure are nicely removed for spacious access to the interior of the ship.
- Includes a 2-channel transmitter (AA batteries not included), receiver, rudder servo, and esc. You will need a ships battery and charger.
- Scratch built models such as this sell in the many thousands and thousands of dollars, sometimes taking years to complete....but now, through an exclusive factory arrangement, we can bring you this exceptional ship at an affordable price.
- Ship has full manuverability, Left/Right/Forward/Reverse
- In both the water and on its display stand, this warship is an incredible visual experience. From its decks to its durable fiberglass hull, the Prinz Eugen stands out as a masterpiece of almost ready to run modeling.
- In the water, the ships scale wake and its stable manuverabilty are exceptional. Further, the Prinz Eugens 3 electric engines provide the ability to vary or maintain speeds with smooth and precise accuracy. Unlike small RC ships, wave and chop are no match for the Prinz Eugen heavy cruiser
Product Size:
- LENGTH 50 INCHES
Features:
- 1. Fiberglass hull
- 2. Railing and fittings: Copper, Resin
- 3. Hand Made
- 4. Ready to run - Includes 2-channel radio, electronic speed controller, servos, motors - all installed and ready to go (Boat battery and charger are NOT included)
- 5. 3 380 ELECTRIC MOTORS AND 3 PROPS
HISTORY:
She was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Prinz Eugen was the third ship of the Hipper-class heavy cruisers. Like her sister ships, Admiral Hipper and Blücher, she was built in the mid-1930s. During the planning and design stage she was known as "Kreuzer J" (Cruiser J). Her keel was laid at the Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel on April 23, 1936, and her full cost would be 104.5 million Reichsmark. Prinz Eugen was launched on August 22, 1938, and commissioned on August 1, 1940. Considered a "lucky ship", she survived to the end of the war although she participated in only two major actions at sea.
On 24 May 1941, Prinz Eugen fought alongside Bismarck in the Battle of the Denmark Strait against HMS Hood, hitting the British battlecruiser at least once and starting a huge fire, and HMS Prince of Wales, hitting that battleship three times. The Hood was sunk during the engagement and the Prince of Wales damaged but the German ships were still shadowed by British warships. Later that day she was ordered off on her own from Bismarck, escaping the British ships, and headed south to rendezvous with the tanker Spichern and prepare for eventual commerce raiding in the Atlantic. After narrowly avoiding several British heavy units which were looking for Bismarck, she arrived at Brest, France, on 1 June 1941. The port was regularly bombed by the RAF, and on the night on 1 July Prinz Eugen was hit on the port side behind the bridge. The bomb detonated in the forward main artillery command centre, killing 60 of the crew.
From August 1944 onward, Prinz Eugen was deployed to shell advancing Soviet troop concentrations along the Baltic coast and to transport German refugees to the west. On 15 October 1944, she collided with the light cruiser Leipzig in heavy fog in the Baltic Sea, nearly cutting the smaller ship in two. For 14 hours the two ships drifted, locked together, until they could be separated. Prinz Eugen was repaired at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) and continued her tasks of shelling Soviet land forces and evacuating German refugees. On 29 March 1945 she left Gotenhafen for the last time with a load of refugees, reaching Swinemünde on 8 April 1945. The ship then departed for Copenhagen arriving on 20 April 1945. Lack of fuel meant that she did not leave port again. At the end of the war, she was one of only two operational German cruisers left (the other was the light cruiser Nürnberg), and was surrendered at Copenhagen on 7 May 1945.
The model is custom built so please allow approximately 120 days for the item to ship from the date of payment.
