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Prinz Eugen by OcCre

More than 4,000 different parts to enjoy building the model.
The OcCre Prinz Eugen ship model is a ready-to-assemble wooden kit .

• Includes a die-cast name plate.
• Includes basic hull support.
• FSC or PEFC certified wood
• High-precision laser cut parts
• Brass photo-etched parts
• Highly detailed cast parts
• Step-by-step video tutorials on YouTube
• Paper instructions in 5 languages
• Step-by-step HD photos
• Parts list with measurements and materials .
• IP data sheet for part identification .
• Scale drawings

Prinz Eugen model technical sheet
Scale : 1/200
Width : 175mm
Height : 290mm
Length : 1070mm

History of the ship Prinz Eugen
Prinz Eugen was a German Admiral Hipper -class heavy cruiser , the third of a series of five that served in the Kriegsmarine during World War II .

She was laid down in April 1936 and launched in August 1938, entering active service after the outbreak of World War II in August 1940. She was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy, an 18th-century Austrian general. Prinz Eugen was one of the protagonists of Operation Rheinübung , a German attempt in May 1941 to cut off Allied merchant shipping in the Atlantic, in which she was accompanied by the battleship Bismarck .

Following the German surrender in May 1945, Prinz Eugen was handed over to the Royal Navy before being transferred to the United States Navy as war prizes. After being examined in the United States, the U.S. Navy assigned the cruiser to the nuclear tests for Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll. After surviving two atomic blasts, the cruiser was towed to Kwajalein Atoll, to be used as a target ship, where it eventually listed and sank.

The wreck is still visible above the water’s surface; one of its propellers was salvaged and is on display at the Marine-Ehrenmal Laboe naval memorial in Germany.

Instructions