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USS Texas was retained as a memorial ship and may still be

visited. Finally, we saw the Russian Marat, one of four Gangut class

dreadnoughts again launched in 1911. She was lost to air attack

in 1941 although one of her sisterships, Parizhskaya Kommuna

(ex Sevastapol) survived until 1957. Rather surprisingly Italy either

were not invited or chose not to send a ship.

1/1200-1250 MODELS

The warships of this period are well represented by the current

1/1250 Neptun and Navis series with other useful models to be

found in the discontinued Argonaut range. Good old Hansa &

Delphin and even Wiking can help too, although they will need to be

sought out second-hand these days. Most unusual perhaps is the

Japanese made Konishi range which includes many IJN warships

including the Ashigara. The only model of the royal yacht seems to

be that made by Carat. MMI

Moreno, one of a pair of dreadnought battleships built in the USA

for Argentina in 1911. She was modernised in 1924-26 and not

scrapped until 1956. Travelling the furthest was the Japanese

Ashigara, completed in 1929 and the most recent in a class of four

Nachi class heavy cruisers notable for their non-compliance with

the 10,000 ton limit set by the Washington Naval Treaty.

From just across the Channel came the Dunkerque, a handsome

fast battleship completed in April (a second of class Strasbourg

followed in December 1938). The new German Navy sent the

Admiral Graf Spee (completed 1936) which was the last of three

so-called pocket battleships again built to a 10,000 ton limit,

this time imposed by the Versailles Treaty. The sole American

representative was the elderly battleship USS New York, a

dreadnought launched in 1911.

She was scuttled near Pearl Harbor in 1948 having survived two

atom bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946 although her sistership

Ship Type Model

Moreno Battleship Argonaut (AR) 901

Dunkerque Battlecruiser Delphin (D) 81, Neptun (N) 1404

Admiral Graf Spee ‘Pocket’ battleship N1033, Hansa (S) 114

Ashigara Heavy cruiser Konishi, D35

New York Battleship Navis (NM) 305, N1308a (as in 1944)

Marat Battleship Wiking, N1603

Pegasus Seaplane carrier (built 1914) NM184

Iron Duke Gunnery training ship AR160

Protector Net layer AR132

Victoria & Albert Royal yacht Carat 20

Enchantress Admiralty yacht AR117

Woolwich Depot ship AR106

Some interesting models

Ship Type Model

Moreno Battleship Argonaut (AR) 901

Dunkerque Battlecruiser Delphin (D) 81, Neptun (N) 1404

Admiral Graf Spee ‘Pocket’ battleship N1033, Hansa (S) 114

Ashigara Heavy cruiser Konishi, D35

New York Battleship Navis (NM) 305, N1308a (as in 1944)

Marat Battleship Wiking, N1603

Pegasus Seaplane carrier (built 1914) NM184

Iron Duke Gunnery training ship AR160

Protector Net layer AR132

Victoria & Albert Royal yacht Carat 20

Enchantress Admiralty yacht AR117

Woolwich Depot ship AR106

Argentinean battleship Moreno (Wright & Logan, author’s

collection)

Fast French battleship Dunkerque (Wright & Logan, author’s

collection)

The Imperial Japanese Navy was represented by the heavy

cruiser Ashigara (Wright & Logan, author’s collection) USS New York (Wright & Logan, author’s collection)

Russian battleship Marat (Wright & Logan, author’s collection)

Graf Spee with the National flag at half-mast for some reason

(Wright & Logan, author’s collection)

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