On the night of October 14th, 1939 under the command of Günther Prien U-47 surfaced in the heavily guarded British Naval Base in Scapa Flow. The battleship H.M.S. Royal Oak which lay at anchor there was sunk by a salvo of several torpedo's. U-47 then succeeded to escape undetected back to home waters. Seventeen months after this spectacular action U-47 was sunk by the British destroyer HMS Wolverine. U-47, one of a total of 24 Type VII U-boats was built at the Krupp Germania dockyard in Kiel and entered service in December 1938.
Das Modell:
- Detailed interior with separate bulkheads
- Torpedoes
- Instrument panels
- Two diesel engines
- Sleeping quarters
- Crew figures
- Detailed Conning Tower
- 8.8 cm deck gun
- Authentic decal set for U47, KK Günther Prien, 1939-1941
- 124 parts
- Length 531 mm
| Scale: | 1:125 |