Prinz Eugen (IX-300) — Admiral Hipper-Class Heavy Cruiser Model, 30 in
Prinz Eugen (IX-300) — Admiral Hipper-Class Heavy Cruiser Model, 30 in
How big is it?
Length about 76 cm / 30.0 in. Drawn to scale; the model outline is a simplified shape.
Model details
- Size
- 30 in / 76 cm
- Construction
- Handcrafted
- Condition
- Fully assembled, ready to display
- Display
- Wooden base with brass nameplate
- Collection
- Battle Ship Models
- Item no.
- CM450
The heavy cruiser that survived everything — including two atomic bombs.
Specification
- 30 inches
- Handcrafted hull and superstructure
- Main and secondary turrets, torpedo tubes and deck fittings
- Masts, rangefinders, boats and catapult detail
- Mounted on a display base with nameplate
- Fully assembled
History
Prinz Eugen sailed with Bismarck into the Denmark Strait in May 1941 and fired on HMS Hood in the action that destroyed her. When Bismarck was crippled, Prinz Eugen was detached and got away.
She survived the entire war — the only major German surface warship to do so — and was handed to the United States as a war prize, hull number IX-300.
The Americans used her as a target at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. She survived both nuclear tests. Too radioactive to repair, she was towed to Kwajalein, where she took on water and capsized in December 1946. Her hull is still there, propellers above the surface.