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Description: | Scale: 1:100. Builder's full hull model of the German Dreadnought-battleship 'Baden' (1915). The model is decked, equipped and rigged. Built by F. Schichau in Danzig, ?Baden? measured 623 feet in length by 99 feet in the beam.
The last German battleship to be completed during the First World War, SMS ?Baden? never saw action. It was the flagship of the High Sea Fleet until 1918, when it was interned at Scapa Flow as a substitute for the battle-cruiser ?von Mackensen? which had not been completed. With the rest of the principal German warships at Scapa, including its sister ship SMS ?Bayern?, ?Baden? was scuttled in 1919. However, it was the first to be raised later, after which it was used as a target ship until it was sunk in 1921.
This model was transferred to the Museum from the Naval War Trophies Committee in the mid-1940s.
From Collections Online message: "The model shown in the picture lacks the distinctive changes SMS Baden had compared to SMS Bayern, e.g. the fwd superstructure of SMS Baden was extended to the sides to make room for the additional staff personal and admirals accomodation since she served as flagship. The rear mast is missing too and the ships (though planned this way) were at no stage outfitted with the torpedo nets shown on the model. In my opinion there is a good chance, that this model (if built 1915) is based on the drawings of SMS Bayern. Peter Lienau".
caption: 'Baden'
caption: 'Baden' (1915) - port broadside
caption: 'Baden' (1915) - detail of boats midship
caption: 'Baden', starboard broadside | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum full hull ship models Baden 1915 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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