Armo 700-19 1/700 SMS DRESDEN - German Light Cruiser

The Dresden class was a pair of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy in the early part of the 20th century. The class comprised SMS Dresden, the lead ship, and SMS Emden. Both ships were laid down in 1906; Dresden was launched in 1907, and Emden followed in 1908. They entered service in 1908 and 1909, respectively. The design for the ships was an incremental improvement over the preceding Königsberg class, being slightly larger and slightly faster, but with the same primary armament of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns. Dresden and Emden were powered by steam turbines and triple expansion engines, respectively, as part of continued experiments with the new turbine technology.
Both ships served extensively on foreign stations; Emden was assigned to the East Asia Squadron from her commissioning, and Dresden was sent to Caribbean waters in 1913. Dresden was due to return to Germany for periodic maintenance shortly before the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, but this became impossible with the onset of hostilities. She therefore operated as a commerce raider, before linking up with Vizeadmiral Maximilian von Spee's East Asia Squadron. Dresden thereafter participated in the Battle of Coronel in November 1914 and the Battle of the Falkland Islands the following December. She was the only German vessel to escape destruction at the latter engagement, and she remained at large for several more months. Dresden finally put into the Chilean island of Más a Tierra in March 1915 owing to worn-out engines. A pair of British cruisers violated Chilean neutrality and attacked Dresden while she lay at anchor; the Germans scuttled their ship to prevent her capture.
Emden, meanwhile, had been detached from the East Asia Squadron to pursue an independent commerce raiding campaign in the Indian Ocean. She captured or sank numerous Entente vessels, including the steamer Ryazan, which was converted into the auxiliary cruiser Cormoran. In September 1914, Emden raided Penang and caught the Russian protected cruiser Zhemchug and the French destroyer Mousquet and quickly destroyed both ships. Shortly thereafter, Emden was caught by the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney off the Cocos Islands and forced to beach after a ferocious engagement.

Resin model kit for assemby and painting.

This product is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue and paints not included.

1/700 scale ships in our offer:

Armo 700-01 "Pelayo" - Spanish Battleship (from the Spanish - American War)
Armo 700-02 SMS "Von Der Tann" (metal 280mm gun barrels)
Armo 700-03 SMS "Oldenburg" 1917 (metal 305mm gun barrels)
Armo 700-04 SMS "Moltke" (metal 280mm gun barrels) (length: 266mm)
Armo 700-05 SMS "Pommern" German pre-Dreadnought battleship (metal 280mm gun barrels)
Armo 700-06 "Dupuy De Lome" French Battle Cruiser 1890-91
Armo 700-07 SMS "Novara" 1914 the Austro-Hungarian Navy Scout Cruiser
Armo 700-08 ORP Kraków and ORP Wilno - two Polish River Monitors
Armo 700-09 SMS Satellit 1893 - Kanonierka torpedowa
Armo 700-10 SMS Helgoland the Austro-Hungarian Navy Scout Cruiser
Armo 700-11 SMS Elbing 1915
Armo 700-12 ORP Bałtyk ex d’Entrecasteaux (length: 187mm)
Armo 700-13 D’Entrecasteaux (length: 187mm)
Armo 700-14 Bouvet, 1900 - French Battleship
Armo 700-15 SMS Viribus Unitis - the first Austro-Hungarian dreadnought battleship of the Tegetthoff class (length: 204mm)
Armo 700-16 SMS Wien Austro-Hungarian coastal defense ship (length: 148mm)
Armo 700-17 Destroyer TATRA - TRIGLAV 1917 (AUSTRIA)
Armo 700-18 Destroyer TATRA - MATELOTLEBLANC (FRANCJA)
Armo 700-19 SMS DREZDEN 1913
Armo 700-20 SMS EMDEN 1914
Armo 700-21 98 M - Austro-Hungarian Torpedoboat, 1915
Armo 700-22 SMS Szent Istvan - the Austro-Hungarian Battleship
Armo 700-23 RN Dante Alighieri (1913) Italy Navy Battleship (gun barrels)
Armo 700-24 SMS Magdeburg
Armo 700-25 RN Giulio Cesare (1914) Italian Navy Battlehip (gun barrels)
Armo 700-26 Jean Bart 1914
Armo 700-27 Courbet 1913 (to samo co Jean Bart)
Armo 700-28 Crouiser Friant 1899
Armo 700-29 Amiral Duperre 1883
Armo 700-30 Monitor Horodyszcze
Armo 700-31 Trałowie redowy ORP Jaskółka
Armo 700-32 Gaulois - 1896 French Battleship
Armo 700-33 SOLFERINO - Magneta-class ironclad France 1867
Armo 700-34 French Ironclad Gloire, 1860

Producer: Jadar-Model (Poland)

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