DeAgostini DAKS11 German Kriegsmarine Graf Zeppelin Class Aircraft Carrier - DKM Graf Zeppelin [With Collector Magazine] (1:1250 Scale)
"For a captain with a sense of honor," he wrote in his suicide note, "it goes without saying that his personal fate cannot be separated from that of his ship."
- Captain Hans Langsdorff, commander of the Admiral Graf Spee, in his suicide note
The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany and represented part of the Kriegsmarine's attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas. The carrier would have had a complement of 42 fighters and dive bombers.
Construction on Graf Zeppelin began on December 28th, 1936, when her keel was laid down at the Deutsche Werke shipyard in Kiel. Named in honor of Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the ship was launched on December 8th, 1938, and was 85% complete by the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. Graf Zeppelin was not completed and was never operational due to shifting construction priorities necessitated by the war. She remained in the Baltic for the duration of the war; with Germany's defeat imminent, the ship's custodian crew scuttled her just outside Stettin in March 1945. The Soviet Union raised the ship in March 1946, and she was ultimately sunk in weapons tests north of Poland 17 months later. The wreck was discovered by a Polish survey ship in July 2006.
Shown here is a 1:1250 scale replica of the German Kriegsmarine Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier DKM Graf Zeppelin.
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Dimensions:
Length: 7-1/2-inches
Release Date: May 2019